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Europeans arrive.
Settlers from the Dutch East India Company arrive in South Africa. Photo (http://www.zamboanga.com/html/spanish_armada_in_early_1600s.htm)
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Boer Wars
The decendents of Dutch, also known as Boers declare war on Britian. -
Boer war ends
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Act of the Union
An act that Unified South Africa, and preserved African rights, but never gave them palimentary rights. Date (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa)
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WWII begins
Jan Christiaan Smutts, prime minister of South Africa, gets South Africa involed. -
WW2 ends
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The United Nations is born
South Africa is a charter member of the UN. -
Dr. P.D. Malan`s nationalist party
Malan`s Nationalist party is elected and started the apartheid laws. -
The Groups Areas Act
This act restricted Africans from going into urban, industrial, and agricultural areas. -
The Population Registration Act
This required all people to carry cards to classify them. -
Bantu Authorities
This act forced many Africans into designated areas. -
The Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act
It made all Africans carry books, that were kind of like passports. -
Sharpsville Masacre
70 Africans were killed because they didn`t take take their books. -
ANC is banned
After the Sharpsville Massacre, the British, forced by law, ordered any organizations against Apartheid to be banned -
Nelson Mandela is arrested
His arrest sparked some riots. -
Soweto Uprising
A town started a riot which spread to other towns, and resulted in 600 killed. -
President F.W. de Klerk makes Apartheid illegal
Apartheid finally came to an end in 1990 when president F.W. de Klerk announced a formal end to the apartheid. -
Nelson Mandela is released from prision
Future president Nelson Mandela is released from prision after a life sentence. -
The first election for everyone
The first democratic election for Africans, and whites.
