HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Both groups wanted control over the gold and diamonds in the region.
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Both groups practiced paternalism.
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Both groups wanted to industrialize the area.
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Both groups wanted to build a strong army to defeat the German controlled north.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boers had rejected an offer of peace from the British in March 1901, in part because it required that the Boers recognize the British annexation of their republics. Fighting continued until the Boers finally accepted the loss of their independence with the Peace of Vereeniging in May 1902.
Detailed explanation-2: -Led by prominent generals such as Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet, and Koos de la Rey, Boer guerrillas launched a campaign of hit-and-run attacks and ambushes against the British, which would continue for two years.
Detailed explanation-3: -The war resulted in a Boer victory and eventual independence of the South African Republic. The war is also known as the First Anglo–Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Europeans controlled the gold and diamond mines in South Africa. African families were miners in those mines.