South Africa James fields 2/2/15 Class of world civilization Modern world history

Questions What did the French want to control South Africa Why need farm for make to kind cotton, coffee, tea, and other. Who controlled South Africa first? The Dutch first came to the cape of good hope in 1652 to establish a way station for their ships sailing between the east indies and home. the British controlled south Africa after Dutch were called “Boers” which means farmers.

British control South Africa British control increased the opportunities for Boer farmers to export sheep and wool, and hunters to change the ivory obtained from the interior.

The Boers resented British rule, even though British control develops economic benefits to the Boers

In the other hands, The British angry Boers by abolishing slavery in 1807, although they reduced the impacts in 1809 with the " Hottentot Law.“ Blacks had to have a identification in public or a white could take them and force them to work.

The find of diamonds in 1867 near the Vaal River, in 550 miles northeast of Cape Town, ends the isolation of the Boers and changing the South African history.

Even though they resistance federation with the British, the Transvaal Boers could not ignore the threating of the possessed by the independent Zulu state to the southeast.