1. How do the British create the Union of South Africa?
South Africa Timeline
How do the British create the Union of South Africa?
Before the Boer War
1652
1820
Boers (Dutch
settlers) claim
land in Cape Town
British take over
Cape Town & begin
to clash w/ Boers
Diamonds & gold are
discovered in Boer
Land – Boers clash w/
new miners, residents
1830
1816
Zulu chief Shaka
creates a large state
north of Cape Town
Boers flee Cape Colony (Great
Trek) & head north to fight
with Zulu. Boers win
war, create Boer Land (2 states)
Zulu clash w/ British ( )

2. British attack Boers. Burn down farms, kidnap women &
The Boer Wars
1899
1910
Boer War begins ( )
British attack Boers. Burn
down farms, kidnap women &
children, concentration camps
Boers & Zulus forced into
new British colony
Union of South Africa
1898
Non-Boer residents rebel
against Boers. Boers
blame British for
rebellions and launch
Guerilla-style attacks
against British
British win the wars.
First defeating the Zulus
& later the Boers

3. D C A B
British vs. Zulu
Boers guerilla-style attacks on British D
Boers vs. Zulu
British defeat Boers

4. Imperialism in Africa Why did many Europeans favor colonialism?
Where was some of the worst African exploitation?
What did Joseph Conrad write?
What are the only countries to resist imperialism?