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 & 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) Boers force Zulu out &
create 2 states (Boerland)
Zulu clash w/ British ( )

2. British burn down Boer farms kidnap women & children,
The Boer Wars
1899
1910
Boer War begins ( )
British burn down Boer farms
kidnap women & children,
form concentration camps
Boers & Zulus forced into
new British colony
Union of South Africa
1898
Miners resists Boer laws
Boers blame British for
rebellions and launch
guerilla-style attacks
British win all wars.
First defeating the Zulus
& later the Boers

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