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Once the Boers discovered that the British government were determined to uphold the annexation, the Boers turned to armed resistance against the British.
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The British's attempt to enter the Transvaal was stopped by the Boers in January and again on February 8, 1881. They were driven back with major causalties.
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Due to heavy losses in the battle against the Boers, the London Convention conferred full internal independence on the Transvaal.
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This discovery made the Transvaal a potential political and economic threat to British supremacy in South Africa. During this time Britain was engaged in the scramble for African colonies.
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the war broke out after Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. Stating that all disputes between the two states be settled by arbitration; that British troops on the borders be withdrawn; and that troops bound for South Africa by ship should not disembark.
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The Boer civillian army had been defeated through strategies like the concentration camp system and the scorched earth policy, Creating many deaths and much destruction.
