Southern Africa as a whole

Question 1

P1: When were diamonds found in South Africa?

Answer 1

1967 diamonds discovered.

Question 2

P1: When was gold discovered in Southern Africa?

Answer 2

1886.

Question 3

P1. When was the cape Colony granted responsible government?

Answer 3

1872.

Question 4

P1. When and how was Basutoland made a Crown Colony?

Answer 4

1868, Moshoeshoe sought British protection against the Boers, annexed to the Colony of Natal.

Question 5

P1. What was the first conflict with the Boers in the first time period and how was it resolved?

Answer 5

The annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 lead to the First Boer War in 1880 to 1881. The Pretoria Conference returned the Transvaal.

Question 6

P1. How was Bartle Frere and what role did he play in Southern Afica?

Answer 6

High Commissioner in the Cape Colony. Unilaterally entered into a conflict with the Zulu Kingdom. Basotho Gun war 1880 led to Frere being recalled.

Question 7

P1. Who campaigned for the territory of Bechuanaland to become a British colony?

Answer 7

John McKenzie, a missionary from the London Missionary Society. Became a protectorate in 1885.

Question 8

P1. What formed in 1889?

Answer 8

The British South Africa Company

Question 9

P2. What did Rhodes do to gain territory?

Answer 9

Formed a Pioneer Column in 1890, annexed Mashonoland. Later declared Matabeleland a colony of BSAC.