Treaty of Pretoria (1881)

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bilateral treaty historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Pretoria (1881) was an agreement between the British Empire and the South African Republic that ended the First Boer War and restored limited self-government to the Boers under British suzerainty.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pretoria Convention	3
Pretoria Convention (1881)	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ surface form: Pretoria Convention
appliedToTerritory	South African Republic ⓘ Transvaal ⓘ
category	1881 in international relations ⓘ Peace treaties ⓘ Treaties of the South African Republic ⓘ Treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
concludedOn	1881-08-03 ⓘ
context	19th-century colonial treaties ⓘ British imperial policy in southern Africa ⓘ
countryOfSigning	South African Republic ⓘ
date	1881 ⓘ
endedConflict	First Boer War ⓘ First Boer War ⓘ surface form: Transvaal War of Independence
establishedStatus	British suzerainty over the South African Republic ⓘ
followedBy	London Convention ⓘ surface form: London Convention (1884)
hasClause	arrangements concerning native populations ⓘ limitations on the South African Republic’s external sovereignty ⓘ provisions on boundary and territorial issues ⓘ recognition of the South African Republic under British suzerainty ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
legalEffect	recognized internal self-government of the South African Republic ⓘ reserved control of foreign relations to the British Crown ⓘ reserved control of native affairs in certain areas to the British Crown ⓘ
party	Boer forces ⓘ surface form: Boers British Empire ⓘ South African Republic ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	Boer resistance to British rule ⓘ South African Republic ⓘ surface form: South African Republic (Transvaal) annexation of the Transvaal (1877) ⓘ history of South Africa ⓘ
replacedBy	London Convention ⓘ surface form: London Convention (1884)
restored	limited self-government to the South African Republic ⓘ
signedBy	representatives of the British government ⓘ representatives of the South African Republic ⓘ
signedIn	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria Transvaal ⓘ
subjectOf	Boer historiography ⓘ Hansard ⓘ surface form: British parliamentary debates

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Pretoria (1881) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria Convention

London Convention → follows → Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ

subject surface form: London Convention (1884)

this entity surface form: Pretoria Convention (1881)

Treaty of Vereeniging → precededBy → Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ

London Convention → revises → Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ

subject surface form: London Convention (1884)

this entity surface form: Pretoria Convention (1881)

First Boer War → treaty → Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria Convention

Transvaal → treaty → Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pretoria Convention