Imp #3: South Africa 1.What is imperialism? 2.List 2 motives behind imperialism. 3.List 2 European advantages over Africans (such as inventions, technology, etc). 4.What king overtook the nation of Congo & established brutal methods for harvesting rubber?
South Africa ● Native Africans, Dutch, British continually clashed over land and resources in South Africa
South Africa 1816 Shaka Zulu will keep Europs out of S. Africa ( Zulus : African tribe in S. Africa) 1887 Zulu lands were conquered by British (after Shaka’s death)
South Africa 1652: Dutch first colonized Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
The Boers Dutch settlers in South Africa Dutch for “farmers” Take S. Afr’s land & establish large farms
Great Trek 1830’s Boers moved farther north into South Africa to escape British Boers fought wars with Zulu tribe & others whose land they were taking
The Boer War ( ) 1860’s British wanted gold/diamonds from South Africa Boers rebelled against the British in S. Africa 1899
The Boer War ( ) Boers used guerilla tactics (hit and run/hide and seek) against the British British responded by burning Boer farms and imprisoning women and children in concentration camps
The Boer War ( ) 1902 Britain won Britain allowed Boers to have some self- government in S. Africa but Britain owned the colony of S. Afr
The Boer War ( ) Western Europeans fought the Boer War for South Africa Native South Africans had no control over the fate of their country
Apartheid Boers establish a system of separate facilities for whites and blacks in S. Africa Black South Africans were second class citizens in their own country until 1991