Why Dutch Migrated To South African Americans

Introduction and problem statement

I will start by correcting a mistake that I made in my problem statement. The first Dutch people that permanently settled in South Africa did so in 1652, NOT 1602.

This paper is based on the Dutch and the British migrating to South Africa. It will have its focus on what the migration meant to the country, why it started the Boer-wars and how the wars can be connected to the Apartheid that followed.

Based on these questions my problem statement is:

In my DIO I will account for and describe why the Dutch and the British migrated to South Africa, in 1652 and the 1800’s, respectively.

I will describe what started both Boer-wars and what the outcome was.

I will analyze and discuss how the Boer-wars affected

The first Dutch people to permanently settle in South Africa did so in 1652 . This happened because the Dutch East India Company needed a “rest-place” when they were shipping goods all over the world. This became what we now know as Cape of Good Hope.

This new Dutch workplace called for employers, which meant that many Dutch people migrated to South Africa to work. Cape of Good Hope started to take shape as a big city, when urbanization kicked in. The natives of South Africa also started to move closer to the city, with intentions of working .

Source criticism of: http://www.indyweek.com/sports/archives/2010/07/08/a-short-history-of-the-dutch-in-south-africa-1652-2010 is to be found in appendix 1.

The first British settlers came to Cape of Good Hope in 1820. They were “encouraged” by the British government to immigrate to Cape of Good Hope. This happened because the unemployment rate went drastically up in Britain after the Napoleonic wars.

The British people that continued being farmers when they got to South Africa, contributed a lot to the agriculture by planting maize, rye and barley. They also began wool farming, which later became a very lucrative trade. Meanwhile some of the other settlers contributed to business (such as shipping) and the economy

It was also known as the First Anglo-Boer war. The 4th Earl of Carnarvon was the Secretary of State for the British colonies under Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who was premier from 1868 to 1880. At that time the British government wanted to expand the British Empire, which was the beginning of the first Boer war.

Carnarvon wanted to form a confederation of all the British colonies, the independent Boer republics and last the independent African groups in South Africa under British control. In 1876 he realized that he would not be able to do that peacefully. He was prepared to use force to make the confederation a reality.

The first conflict that contributed to the starting of the war was the fact that the British started to demand extra fees on the Boers farmer tools, such as wagons. The Boers did not want to pay these fees and that made the British. One man named P.L. Bezuidenhout got his wagon confiscated by the British authorities. On November 11th 1880 a commando of approx. 100 men took the wagon back. On December 8th 1880 bewteen 8.000 and 10.000 Boers gathered at Paardekraal, near Krugersdorp. As a result of this a triumvirate of leaders (Paul Kruger, Piet Joubert and M.W. Pretorius) were appointed. On December 13th 1880 the leaders proclaimed the restoration of the Transvaal republic and only three days later they raised their Vierkleur flag, thus rejecting British authority. The events