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The Dutch took South Africa
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This was during the Napoleonic war
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After they imperialised the Dutch the imposed the English language on South Africa
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They frequently battled with the indigenous Zulu people, but the Zulu's were still powerful
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Because of the different "fights" of different groups, England decided to colonise South Africa because it was easier for them to control them like this.
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The Zulu's were defeated when the British joined the conflict, for this reason many other groups start to appear but fighting against each other
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The Boers moved from coastal lands to the northward on the Greek Trek The British say to the Boers that
they had to but the laws they
implemented, by the disagreement of this
they decided to migrate to other parts
of south Africa (Transvaal and the Orange Free
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White population in South Africa rise nearly to 200.000 people
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British wanted to disband Zulus territory
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The British wined and disband the Zulu's territory
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He influenced the British policy in South Africa
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Due to the plan failed that he secretly backed he had to resign as head of the Cape Colony
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This war was started because of diamonds and gold found on the Boers side
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British took most of Boers cities
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they burned crops and force 120,00 Women and children to go to detention camps (this caused 20,000) deaths
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The Boers and the British firm a Peace Treaty
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Is introduced the concept of indirect rule to the Islamic state of Sokoto, in northern Nigeria.
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British created a self- governing nation, and for Boers to agree, British said that whites with a fer propertied African, would be able to vote.
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In 1912 This congress was formed
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Many European countries divided up Africa (This was for a better control of the territory)
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They wanted to be self-dependant and independent, for this reason on the 1/4 of the 20th century they started to building up political parties and movements seeking the end of foreign rule.
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South Africa became independent of the British rule