industrial revolution source for raw materials markets for finished goods european nationalism...
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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”