Overview

Question 1

When was the South African War/ Second Boer War?

Answer 1

1899-1902

Question 2

Who fought in the Second Boer War?

Answer 2

British army against the Boers

Question 3

Of what origin were the Boers?

Answer 3

Of Dutch origin, descendants of the first Europeans to settle in south Africa in the 17th Century

Question 4

Which two colonies did the British establish in the 19th century?

Answer 4

Cape Colony and Natal

Question 5

Where did the Boers hold whilst the British established colonies in the 19th century?

Answer 5

Orange free state and Transvaal

Question 6

What area did Britain annex in 1877?

Answer 6

The Transvaal

Question 7

What had happened in the Transvaal prior to British annexation in 1877?

Answer 7

The Boers and Zulus had fought

Question 8

(Briefly) What happened during the Zulu war?

Answer 8

In the Transvaal in 1879 the British suppressed the Zulus in the Zulu war

Question 9

(Briefly) Why was the first Boer war fought? (1880 - 81)

Answer 9

Because the Boers resented British intrusion

Question 10

Who did the Pretoria peace deal in 1881 favour?

Answer 10

The Boers

Question 11

How did the London Convention (in 1884) affect the Boers?

Answer 11

Left them in control of the Transvaal

Question 12

What did the discovery of gold in the 1880’s in the Transvaal lead to?

Answer 12

An inrush of foreign settlers known as uitlanders (outlanders)

Question 13

By the 1890s, who had outnumbered Afrikaans speakers?

Answer 13

outlanders

Question 14

What did the Transvaal government refuse outlanders?

Answer 14

voting rights

Question 15

Why were there tensions between the Transvaal and Britain after the discovery of gold in the 1890s?

Answer 15

The refusal of voting rights towards outlanders by the Transvaal government caused distrust between their president, Paul Kruger and British high commissioner, Alfred Milner

Question 16

Who was the president of the Transvaal in the 1880s and 90s?

Answer 16

Paul Kruger

Question 17

Who was Alfred Milner?

Answer 17

The British high commissioner from 1897

Question 18

When was the Jameson Raid?

Answer 18

1895

Question 19

What was the Jameson raid a ploy for?

Answer 19

To give Britain an excuse to intervene in the Transvaal on the side of the outlanders

Question 20

What was the Jameson raid?

Answer 20

A failure raid from Cape Colony that aimed to overthrow the Boer government of the Transvaal

Question 21

Who led the Jameson raid?

Answer 21

led by Dr Leander Starr Jameson from Cape colony

Question 22

What resignation did the Jameson raid lead to?

Answer 22

Cecil Rhodes’ resignation as premier of Cape Colony

Question 23

What unification did the Jameson raid lead to?

Answer 23

Unifying of the Boers under Kruger

Question 24

How was the Jameson raid portrayed in Britain?

Answer 24

As a heroic attempt to help settlers oppressed by anti-democratic racist Boers

Question 25

Who was Joseph Chamberlain?

Answer 25

Colonial secretary at the time of the Jameson raid

Question 26

Who insisted that Britain had a right of control over the Boer republics?

Answer 26

Chamberlain and Milner

Question 27

After the Jameson raid who became allies and started to mobilise?

Answer 27

Orange Free State and the Transvaal

Question 28

What ultimatum was issued by the Boers after the Jameson Raid?

Answer 28

Demanded the withdrawal of British troops from their frontiers and the return to Britain of reinforcements en route by sea

Question 29

How did Britain react to the ultimatum issues by the Boers after the Jameson raid?

Answer 29

They refused

Question 30

What did the British refusal of complying with the Boers ultimatum lead to?

Answer 30

War beginning with Boers attacking Cape Colony and Natal

Question 31

When did war between the British and Boers break out?

Answer 31

11th October 1899

Question 32

Why did war initially break out between the British and Boers?

Answer 32

Because the British refused to comply with the Boers ultimatum

Question 33

How did the Boers see the war?

Answer 33

As a fight for survival and identity

Question 34

Why did the Boers see the war as a fight for survival and identity?

Answer 34

They feared British empire-building would engulf their Afrikaans-speaking republics

Question 35

Who were most of the Boer fighters?

Answer 35

Volunteers

Question 36

Where did the Boer government get guns from?

Answer 36

From abroad to get modern ones

Question 37

How was the Boer war perceived by the British public at first?

Answer 37

With patriotic enthusiasm and confidence was high after the recent victory in the Sudan at Omdurman (1898)

Question 38

How was British optimism about the Boer war quickly tested after the start of the war?

Answer 38

- Controversies about organisation, leadership and conduct to civilians. - Critical reporting by observers such as Emily Hobhouse and the press scrutiny of the army