After Great Britain took control of cities in the Transvaal and the Free State, how did the British deal with groups of Afrikaner guerrillas?
The British put families who were supplying the guerillas with food into camps.
Who were the Afrikaners? and Why did their ancestors leave the Cape Colony?
They were descendants of the Dutch settlers OR descendants of the Boers OR "Africans" of European descent. The Boers left Cape Colony because the Brit...
What three groups were in the Union of South Africa?
White British, white Afrikaners, and black Africans lived in the Union.
What did "to maffick" mean, and why?
It meant "to rejoice," because after the British drove the Afrikaners away from Mafeking, parties were held all over Great Britain.
What did the "Corn Laws" say?
The Corn Laws said that Irish or English who bought food from other countries would have to pay a huge tax on it.
What did the British call this war?
They called it the Boer War.
When Henry VIII became a Protestant, what happened to most of Ireland?
Most of Ireland remained Catholic.
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;...
What position did William Gladstone, the prime minister of Britain in 1886, take on Home Rule?
Gladstone thought that Ireland should have home rule.
Who claimed the land where the diamonds were found?
The British claimed that the land belonged to them.
Who was attacking the British soldiers at Mafeking?
Afrikaners were attacking British soldiers.
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.
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.
What disaster began to spread across Ireland in 1845?
Potatoes began to rot and people began to starve.
What did the British government do in 1801?
It dissolved the Irish Parliament.
What were the two Afrikaner colonies in South Africa called?
They were the Free State and the Transvaal.
Why didn't Irish Protestants want home rule?
They were afraid that the Irish Parliament would be Catholic, and that Protestants would be mistreated.
What was Robert Baden-Powell doing late at night in his headquarters?
He was making a list of the ways that a dead horse could be used.
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.
What did the people of the Transvaal do?
They declared war on Great Britain.
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.
What happened to Robert Peel?
He lost his position.
Was Parliament willing to repeal the Corn Laws?
No, they refused at first, but finally the laws were repealed.
What did the "Peace of Vereeniging" do?
It united all the colonies into the Union of South Africa, under the British.
Did the Home Rule bill pass?
No, Parliament voted against it.
Who was the British governor of the Cape Colony at this time?
The governor was Cecil Rhodes.
What African colony was named after him?
Rhodesia was named after him.
What did Cecil Rhodes give his officials permission to do?
He gave them permission to invade the Transvaal.
What did "perpetual coercion" mean?
If the British went on running Ireland, they would always have to use force.
What was dug out of the Big Hole?
Diamonds were found in the Big Hole.
What were the camps called?
They were called "concentration camps."
What effect did the plague have on Ireland, once it was over?
Almost a million Irish had died, and another million had gone to other countries AND/OR the Irish hated English rule even more than before.
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