Pg. 156 Flashcards
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Who and how many were unemployed after Napoleonic Wars in Britain?
300 000 unemployed soldiers and sailors in Britain.
Why couldn’t the unemployed get jobs?
Because the factory owners preferred to hire women and children for lower wages.
Who was the governor of the Cape?
Lord Charles Somerset
What did the governor decide to do?
He decided to bring some of the unemployed people the Cape. He gave them farms along the Xhosa boundary ro stop the Xhosa from raiding the colony.
How much money did the British government set aside and what for?
They set aside £50 000 for sea voyages, farms and implements.
What promise was attractive to the unemployed living on terrible conditions in London?
The promise that they would have their own farms and a new life.
During April and June 1820…
About 4000 British people arrives at Port Elizabeth in 60 different groups. Some of them had lost relatives during the long, cramped voyage.
What we’re the newcomers given?
Small farms along the boundary line of the Eastern frontier and supplied with tents, farming equipment and some food.
What problems did the newcomers have? (8+2)
They didn’t know anyhtjng about farming. Problems: draught, diseases, floods, wild animals Xhosa raids, lack of labour, long distances from towns and lack of transport. Their farms were too small for them to make a living.
What happened to make most of the newcomers work elsewhere? And where did they go and what did they do?
They faced crop failures and starvation. Many went to work as teachers, lawyers, builders, shoemakers, carpenters, and furniture makers in Grahamstown or Port Elizabeth.
What djd the settlers who were left behind do?
They expanded their farms and made great contributions to South Africa .
