What Was The Causes Of The Anglo-Boer War

The Apartheid was initiated as a ploy for Europeans to better control the exploited populations for economic gain, as maintaining tension between the different racial classifications diverted attention from the Europeans as it fed hatred between groups. This assisted in minimizing unity between the exploited to rally against European control as it backhandedly induced “submission” for survival. One way of accomplishing this was by instilling laws that’d force segregation, classification, educational “requirements”, and economic purposes. The Population Registration Act of 1950 enacted, requiring segregation of Europeans from Afrikaans . Following shortly, the Group Areas Act of 1950 was enacted as a new form of legislation alongside the Population Registration Act. This detailed act separated tribes based on ethnics; consequently, further detailing segregation amongst the natives .

During the period of Apartheid in South Africa between 1948 and 1994 the reactions of the South African citizens towards the legal separation of races varied depending on race, ideals and time period. After gold and diamonds were fud inSouthAfrica both the dutch and British wanted the land to themselves, leading to the Boer War from which the Dutch farmers emerged victorious. Following the Boer War and the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the Dutch Boers gained control over the majority of the land in the previously British Cape Colony along with the settlements they had already built, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Blacks in South Africa made up about eighty percent of the population but only lived on ten percent of

This project will present research proving that there was a chain of events that triggered and lead to The Mfecane. The Mfecane was a warfare tribes and communities. The events leading to the 1815-1840 war are based on the Zulucentric Theory, the Slave Theory and the climatic crisis that plagued Southern Africa at the time. In contrast to this, this analysis will revel what lead up to The Mfecane and the domino affect of the consequences that caused The Mfecane.

The first major piece of work to be written about the Anglo-Zulu war, with a small chapter devoted to the battle of Isandlwana, is called The History of the Zulu War and Its Origin by Frances Ellen Colenso. Written in 1880, one year after the war concluded, Colenso wrote in a Pro-nationalist focus. He applauds the camp tactics employed by Lord Chelmsford, General of British Forces in South Africa and Natal, and does in no way seem to dislike or question the Generals commands. As stated above, this a very short chapter in a very large book. There are thirty pages devoted to Isandlwana in a book of over 400 pages. The thesis of the book is “However insufficient the result may prove, we shall at least hope that our work may give some slight assistance to the maintenance of which alone can ensure the true honour of the British name .” The way the book was written, it is a very pro-British book with emphasis on helping the British reputation. The book does leave out a lot of important details because it is written one year after the event. Reading it, the book

European imperialists often took interest in obtaining new foreign land because of economic consideration that resulted in negative outcomes. A great example of a common imperial activity place was the continent of Africa. Very few European countries had already held territory in it, and the actual people occupying it were surpluses of ethnic groups that could be easily overthrown. The real hidden secret in Africa, however, was the abundance of natural resources available there. The Boer War found not just two groups, but instead three separate nations competing for the financial benefits available down in South Africa. In a dispute to gain the large bulk of diamonds and gold there, the Dutch had to defend South Africa, which they gained control of hundreds of years ago. British powers had grown an interest in the chances to find monetary success by acquiring the rarities present there, and declared war on the Dutch who maintained the land. However, African indigenous groups had lived on these lands too, and found themselves getting involved in the war. The Boer War was

Also, a large portion of eastern edge of Cape Town was surrounded by native people that had many conflicts with themselves. The British in the late 19th early 20th century the British were still a minority in South Africa. During this time, the British to prevent South Africa from becoming independent used various tactics to keep South Africa part of the British Empire. One such tactic used by the British was to keep South Africa was to foster a British identity in South Africa. Additionally, the British used a connected economic, commercial, and strategic link between South Africa and Britain.

Imperialism caused more problems than progress due to the destabilization of existing African tribes through unnecessary conflict caused by Europeans. In 1877, Sir Henry Frere decided that the only way to gain total control over the South African area was to defeat the Zulus, who were bordering several independent Boer and tribal states (Herbert). While warfare between African tribes did exist, it was usually fought over matters such as land. The British however, entered Africa and attempted to destabilize a tribe to make seizing power over the area easier for them. The Anglo-Zulu War wouldn’t have been fought had the British not invaded Africa and instigated the Zulu tribe. Commandment S Bourquin wrote several journal entries detailing the

South Africa has diamonds and gold. The Boers settled in Africa long before the British came there to colonize. The Boers were Dutch and come over to Africa in 1652. The Boers and the British did not agree with British policies including land and slaves. The Boers had no where to go but north. Which later became known as the Great Trek. When they were heading north they got in fierce battles with the Zulu and many other African groups as they were attempting to take land. The Boers didn't want outsiders coming in when gold was discovered. The Boers did t want any of the people coming to seeks fortune to gain any political rights. People tried to rebel against the Boers and failed. The British were blamed, and the tension was greater than ever.

The British Empire’s ambition to pursue economic prosperity in 19th century Southern Africa is a key cause of conflict between the British settlers and the Dutch Boers. The imperialist decisions and aspirations of the British to utilise the country as a trade system, as well as to secure natural resources, contrasted with the Boer’s determination to pursue political independence. This consequently led to the increasing tensions to arise between the Boers and the British. An important trigger in the events that led up to the Boer War was the increasing imperialism of Southern Africa.

The British empire fought the forces of 2 “Boer Republics” from 1899-1902 in South Africa. The Boers lost the war. 22,000 soldiers of the British Empire died, and hundreds of of thousands served. Thousands weren’t from the British Isles. Africans served in various capacities. The war made a lot of patterns of violence that came to mark 29th century warfare, especially violence towards civilians. The boer was split up into three periods. The first period was unprepared and weak for the British in South Africa. In one week, December 10-15 1899, The Boers defeated the British. The second period was Bloemfontein, the capital city of South Africa, occupied by the british in February 1900. Lord Kitchener, who was a colonial administrator and Frederick

     The South African Republic and the Orange Free Stated made an alliance. They then declared war on the British on October 12, 1899 because they were uncooperative with Kurger’s demands. The Afrikaner forces were successful in invading Natal and Cape Colony. In December the British commander in chief Sir Redvers H. Buller sent fresh troops to relieve the British forces in three war zones. These zones were Colenso, Natal, the hills of Magersfontein on the Orange Free State and Cape Colony borders, and the mountain range of Stormberge in the Cape Colony. Within a week, which is referred to as the Black Week by the British, each of the new units had been defeated by Afrikaner forces.

The Second Boer War which also is known as the Second Anglo-Boer War, started October 11 1899 and later ended on May 31 1902. This war was a war between Great Britain and Ireland, The South African Republic and also the Orange Free State. The British army was supported by troops from several regions of the British Empire, including Southern Africa, the Australian colonies, Canada, Newfoundland, British India, and New Zealand. The war ended with the British winning and the defeat of both republics. Both would eventually be brought into the Union of South Africa in 1910. In 1885-86, in Transvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa gold was found. In 1899, the British government tried to bring these areas under their control. The people living in these areas (known as Boers, Boers were Dutch descendents) resisted and caused a series of

Around 1652, the Dutch East India Company created a settlement on the cape, leading to several other indigenous peoples settling in the area as well . This tactic nearly parallels with the colonization beginning throughout the rest of the world. White supremacy gradually took over South Africa as more and more of them colonized the country, and worked their way into government positions. The English pushed the natives out and eventually did not care about race, merely about the money that came from labor . The Land Act of 1913, was believed to be the initial beginning of the apartheid laws. This act initiated by white supremacists marked the first major downfall of segregation for the colored and Indian peoples of South Africa. The Afrikans were essentially “divided into nine nations” and approximately 93% of the land was reserved for the white people. 2/3 of the population of South Africa at the time was considered African, or native people, and these people were all banned from “freely buying land”, making conditions very harsh, and malnutrition was extremely common . Urbanization occurred with white people in power simply increasing the segregation between races. Africans continued to live and work in absolutely terrible conditions. They often resided in the outskirts of cities in derisory housing, with poor sanitation, were lucky to have a bit of electricity, and had awful people to manage their workplace. The

Regarding Anglo-Zulu relations, the British felt that the Zulu Nation posed a great military threat against the White Natal Colony and the Transvaal. The British sought to set up a “Federation of White colonies and states in South Africa in 1879”, however they felt vulnerable due to the fear caused by the very near Zulu menace (Source D). This specific fear of the Zulu nation was dominant because at the time Cetshwayo had transformed the Zulus into a stronger and mightier power, and therefore was more of a threat towards the British. This fear of the Zulus potentially overthrowing the white government spread to other regions of South Africa, where the settlers hoped that the white government would stay in power. So the British felt it necessary to cause conflict with the Zulus in 1879 over the control of Zululand, and to the

From the 17th century until the early 1900’s, European countries were fighting to get tracks of land across Africa. Although South Africa was unified by Great Britain in 1910, the African National Congress was formed two years later. It was only on Dec 11, 1931 after World War II when Britain gave South Africa its’ independence as a country. For the first sixty years after South Africa was claimed independent, white minority rulers dominated the country. South Africa is now an independent Nation but is still a member of the British Commonwealth.