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Dec 14, 1487
A ship was captsherd
A ship was captshard by Bartholomew Diaz and went aroud the cape of good -
The Dutch East India Cimpany built
the powerful Dutch East India Company built a fort and established a supply station under the command of Jan Van Riebeeck on a site that later became Cape Town. -
The other factor that began to alter the original function of the settlement
The other factor that began to alter the original function of the settlement was the arrival, in 1658, of a group of slaves captured from the Portuguese in Angola. -
Huguenota fleeing the French
after 1685, Huguenots fleeing French anti-protestant legislation. -
The British sailed
In 1795 the British sailed into False Bay and annexed the Dutch colony (The Battle of Muizenberg) -
known as Boers or Afrikaners, and speaking a Dutch dialect known as Afrikaans,
Known as Boers or Afrikaners, and speaking a Dutch dialect known as Afrikaans, the settlers as early as 1795 tried to establish an independent republic. -
The Brithish were concerned
The British were concerned that the French, with whom they were fighting in Europe, would take over the strategic port. In a general peace settlement of 1803 the colony was returned to the Dutch -
The Dutch and British
the Dutch but in 1806 the British reconquered the territory and their sovereignty was finally accepted -
After occupying the Cape Colony in that year, Britain took permanent possession
After occupying the Cape Colony in that year, Britain took permanent possession in 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, bringing in 5,000 settlers. -
Europe powers
European powers in the peace settlement of 1816. -
These people became known as the Settlersand
These people became known as the 1820 Settlersand formed the nucleus of the subsequent British settler community. -
The British parliment
In 1820 the British parliament agreed to release £50,000 to transport settlers from Britain to occupy this area -
people left the Cape colony and headed east in a movement
Between 1835 and 1840 around 5000 people left the Cape colony and headed east in a movement that later became known as the Great Trek -
Lubbumba Yama Afrika
One of the first political organizations in Africa opposed to the apartheid was Lubumba Yama Afrika, which believed that the only way to fight the Whites was through African unity. -
The Dutch came to Africa
The dutch came and took over Africa.
