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  1. South African War | Definition, Causes, History, & Facts | Britannica

    • South African War, war fought from October 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902, between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) republics—the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State—resultin… See more

    Underlying causes

    The causes of the war have provoked intense debates among historians and remain as unresolved today as during the war itself. British politicians claimed they were defen… See more

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    Initial Boer success

    The course of the war can be divided into three periods. During the first phase, the British in Southern Africa were unprepared and militarily weak. Boer armies attacked on two front… See more

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    British resurgence

    Kruger’s October 1899 offensive had taken the British by surprise, and it accounts for the early Boer victories. However, the arrival of large numbers of British reinforcem… See more

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  1. The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain's desire to unite the British South African territories of Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal). The Boers, Afrikaans-speaking farmers, wanted to maintain their independence.
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    The war broke out on 11 October 1899, after the British government rejected a Boer ultimatum that all British soldiers be withdrawn from the Transvaal’s borders. It was the culmination of a decades-long struggle between Afrikaner nationalism (and the ideal to be free and independent) and British imperialism.
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    The First Anglo-Boer War, also known as the Transvaal Rebellion, arose from tensions between the Boer settlers, known as Afrikaners, and the British colonial administration. The roots of the conflict lay in the annexation of the Transvaal by the British in 1877, a move intended to consolidate British control over the region.
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    It was precipitated by the refusal of the Boer leader Paul Kruger to grant political rights to Uitlanders (“foreigners,” mostly English) in the interior mining districts and by the aggressiveness of the British high commissioner, Alfred Milner.
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    The earlier war associated with the terms Boer War and Anglo-Boer War (1880 – 1881) was the result of British attempts to establish control over the republics. The British lost militarily but gained Boer agreement to nominal British rule over the autonomous republics.
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  4. Causes and outcome of the South African War

    South African War, or Boer War, War fought between Great Britain and the two Boer (see Afrikaner) republics—the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State—from 1899 to 1902.

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    The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain's desire to unite the British South African territories of Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the …

  9. A Brief History of the Boer War: Participants, Battles, …

    Aug 7, 2023 · The war marked the end of the independent Boer republics but laid the groundwork for the Union of South Africa in 1910. The Boer war was first of the two wars fought between the English empire and the Boers (farmers) of …

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  11. The Boer War - Timeline - Dates, Causes and Casualties

    The First Boer War was sparked by attempt by the British to annex The Transvaal in 1877. The Boers comprehensively won; the Battle of Majuba Hill (1881) was one of the British Empire’s most humiliating defeats.

  12. 1900 The Boer War - Historycentral

    The origins of the Boer War lie in the contestation for supremacy in South Africa, where both indigenous African groups and European settlers vied for control. The discovery of diamonds in Kimberley in 1871 and gold in the Transvaal in the …

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