Maria F. Notes # 1

This a little time line of when er ope came to south Africa:


In the 15Th century, South Africa came into contact with Europe with Portuguese traders
In the 17Th century, the Dutch stated coming in. They settled the land and called themselves Afrikaners.
By the 19Th century, the British started a formal imperial rule over the Afrikaners and the native Africans
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Effect

• The discovery of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886 leads to the imposition of formal British rule over South Africa and superseded all existing conflicts.
• Imperialism in South Africa provoked racial discrimination later in twentieth-century, which leads to Apartheid.
• Imperialism in South Africa was the main cause of the widespread racial discrimination in South Africa

"Imperialism in South Africa." Maps of the World 2009 19 Mar 2009. .