Cape Colony

E2100
former British colony former Dutch colony former colony historical political entity

Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Dutch Cape Colony 8
British Cape Colony 1
Cape Colony authorities 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
former Dutch colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
borderConflictWith Transvaal ⓘ
surface form: Boer republics

Xhosa polities ⓘ
Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
capital Western Cape ⓘ
surface form: Cape Town
colonizedBy Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Cape rixdollar ⓘ
Dutch guilder ⓘ
pound sterling ⓘ
demographicsIncluded European settlers ⓘ
Khoikhoi ⓘ
Malay slaves ⓘ
San ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
free people of colour ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
endDate 1910 ⓘ
establishedAs European settlement ⓘ
refreshment station ⓘ
establishedBy Dutch East India Company ⓘ
followedBy Cape Colony self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Province of the Cape of Good Hope
foundedBy Jan van Riebeeck ⓘ
governedBy Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ
hasMajorPort Western Cape ⓘ
surface form: Cape Town

Table Bay ⓘ
locatedAt southern tip of Africa ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
originalPurpose provisioning station for ships to and from Asia ⓘ
refreshment station on the route to the East Indies ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
religionDominant Christianity ⓘ
Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
replacedBy South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa
significantEvent Batavian Republic administration 1803–1806 ⓘ
British occupation in 1795 ⓘ
Great Trek ⓘ
abolition of slavery in 1834 ⓘ
granting of representative government in 1853 ⓘ
permanent British annexation in 1806 ⓘ
responsible government in 1872 ⓘ
startDate 1652 ⓘ
strategicFor control of sea route between Europe and Asia ⓘ
todayIncludes Eastern Cape ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
Western Cape ⓘ
parts of KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
todayPartOf South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Republic of South Africa

Referenced by (56)

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

Dutch settlers → settledIn → Cape Colony ⓘ
Boer Wars → theatreOfWar → Cape Colony ⓘ
Frontier Wars → tookPlaceIn → Cape Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape of Good Hope
Cape rixdollar → usedIn → Cape Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Colony government