Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
The British expansion in South
Africa
In late 15 C Portuguese reached the Cape of
Good Hope
In 17 C permanent colony, Cape colony, by
the Dutch
1814 British annexation was formalized. Slave
trade and slavery was abolished by Act of
Parliament
First Boer republic founded
Diamonds and gold found
Wars between british and Boers
The great Trek and the foundation
of the two independent Boer
republic
In about 19 C many Voortrekkers, dutch origin
people who live in South Afrika, the Afrikaners
moved out of British Cape Colony
Their Great Trek- journey by ox wagon, a sign
of discontent with the English authorities who
had forbidden slave trade and postulated the
equality of whites and blacks.
Two boer republics- Transvaal, the Orange
Free State
The Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts fought
between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte