What were the two Afrikaner colonies in South Africa called?
They were the Free State and the Transvaal.
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What was dug out of the Big Hole?
Diamonds were found in the Big Hole.
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What did the British government do in 1801?
It dissolved the Irish Parliament.
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List two ways in which British landlords treated their Irish tenants.
Landlords evicted the farmers who couldn't pay their rent; landlords insisted that wheat and oat crops be shipped to England.
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What did Robert Peel, the prime minister of England, want the Irish to be able to do?
He wanted them to be able to buy cheap food from other countries.
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List three ways in which Catholics in Ireland were treated badly.
Protestant rulers took land away from Catholics and gave it to Protestants; Catholics couldn't buy or inherit land; Catholics couldn't join the army;...
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Did the Home Rule bill pass?
No, Parliament voted against it.
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Why did the government of the Transvaal allow the British to come in and mine their gold?
The people of the Transvaal didn't have enough money to build large mines.
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What position did William Gladstone, the prime minister of Britain in 1886, take on Home Rule?
Gladstone thought that Ireland should have home rule.
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What is "home rule"?
Home rule is a country's right to make its own laws and hold its own assemblies OR a country's right to have control over domestic issues.
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What three groups were in the Union of South Africa?
White British, white Afrikaners, and black Africans lived in the Union.
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What did Cecil Rhodes give his officials permission to do?