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The Pros And Cons Of British Imperialism In South Africa

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The definition of Imperialism is a seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country. There are always pros and cons to something like this,that will always affects so many people, by the way they live and are ruled. In 1897 the British Imperialismed South Africa, before some of the Dutch stayed to begin farming the south's land, many cash crops could be grown there, however this took jobs away from the africans. Thousands of boers migrated over the great fish river to the grassy plains. That act resulted in the Imperialism and south African war. It all started in 1450 but the powerful armies were able to keep the British out of Africa for a little over 400 years until the British found the ¨steam powered riverboats¨ which allowed the british to take Africa head on. After the war, the …show more content…

The british also built the cape town, this was good because it was between England and india. There was more cons than pros, because more the 75% or the population was enslaved, there was so many different languages,and the boers and England still had beef between them. Over all africa was more advanced, they gained more medical care, railroads and education. Yet that still didn't do much for the africans because they were all enslaved, families split apart and given different names. With everyone coming to africa it sparked the interest of kings who wanted the land. Later on the kings kept a close eye on them and waited to attack. Between 1879 and 1882 they decided to give king leopold the land to prevent a war they didn't have money for. Later on, they pulled out of the constitution, Africa couldn't get a hand on it and began to get into debt, their only way was really threw trade on the railroads.Everyone found out there was gold, diamond, and other jewels there to mine. Africa burned threw it to fast trading it for less then what they should

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