IndustrialRevolution

Source forRaw

Materials

Markets forFinishedGoods

EuropeanNationalism

MissionaryActivity

Military& NavalBases

EuropeanMotives

For Colonization

Places toDump

Unwanted/Excess Popul.

Soc. & Eco.Opportunities

HumanitarianReasons

EuropeanRacism

“WhiteMan’s

Burden”

SocialDarwinism

Africa

1890

Africa

in

1914

The Struggle for South Africa

Dutch Landing in 1652

Dutch=people from Netherlands in Europe

Set up a trade station:- Mild weather (like in Europe)

- Good for refueling/trade- Brought slaves

Groups in South Africa

Afrikaners- descendants of Europeans (Dutch, French & Germans)

(1700s)

Boers – Afrikaner frontier farmers (1700s)

Native Africans – tribes!

British (early 1800s)

Boers Clash With the Xhosa Tribes

Boer Farmer

Diamond Mines

Raw Diamonds

Lured the British – so did gold

Shaka Zulu (1785 – 1828)British defeat Zulu once and for all in 1902

Boer-British Tensions Increase

1877 – Britain annexed the Transvaal (Boer area).

1883 – Boers fought British in the Transvaal and regained its independence..

1880s – Gold discovered in the Transvaal

The Boer War: 1899 - 1900

The Boers

The BritishDutch farmers lose to Brits; Brits gain power over region at turn of

century (this will lead to Apartheid) No real farm land, need to settle for land

(found while exploring)

Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902)

“The Colossus of Rhodes”