1. SOUTH AFRICA

2. South Africa
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3. The Boers

4. South Africa
In the mid-1600s, Dutch farmers known as Boers settled in southern Africa in Cape Colony. The Boers built Cape Town as a supply station.
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In the 1700s, the Dutch herders and ivory hunters began to move north. The British then acquired Cape Colony in the early 1800s.
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5. South Africa The Boer Wars
In the late 1800s, the discovery of gold and diamonds in the northern Boer territory set off the Anglo-Boer war.
The war was from and involved bitter guerrilla fighting. The British won, but at a great cost.
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6. Boers
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7. The Zulus

8. Southern Africa The Zulus
In the early 1800s in southern Africa, an African leader named Shaka conquered and united tribes to form the Zulu nation.
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9. South Africa
The Zulus
The Zulus were skilled and organized fighters. Shaka used his power and fought against European slave traders and ivory hunters.

10. South Africa The Anglo-Zulu War
The Zulus came into conflict with the British as well. In 1879 the Zulus wiped out a British force at the Battle of Isandlwana.

11. South Africa The Anglo-Zulu War
However, it was not long before the superior weaponry of the British overtook the Zulus at the battle of Rorke’s Drift.

12. South Africa European Territory
In 1910, with southern Africa secure, the British established the Republic of South Africa and instituted apartheid.
Apartheid – government policy calling for separation of the races.
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