Cape Colony

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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.

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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

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Peregrine Maitland residence Cape Colony
Fort Beaufort partOf Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony (historical)
Cape gauge originOfName Cape Colony
Thembuland partOf Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony (historically)
Simon van der Stel workLocation Cape Colony
A. G. Visser placeOfBirth Cape Colony
C. M. van den Heever birthPlace Cape Colony
Sarhili kaHintsa opponent Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony authorities
Sarhili kaHintsa placeOfActivity Cape Colony
Hintsa kaKhawuta placeOfActivity Cape Colony
Hintsa kaKhawuta diedIn Cape Colony
Thembu colonialInteraction Cape Colony
Mfengu associatedWith Cape Colony
House of Phalo historicalConflict Cape Colony
amaGcaleka colonialEraInteraction Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony authorities
Eighth Frontier War location Cape Colony
Ninth Frontier War locatedIn Cape Colony
Ninth Frontier War hasParticipant Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony government
Sandile kaNgqika opponent Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony authorities
Gcaleka Xhosa colonialOpponents Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Cape Colony authorities
Cape Dutch associatedWith Cape Colony
Barney Barnato activeIn Cape Colony
Robert Gray countryOfService Cape Colony
58th Regiment of Foot garrison Cape Colony
Prince Albert, Cape Colony country Cape Colony
Carl Peter Thunberg traveledTo Cape Colony
Gorinhaiqua hasColonialContext Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Dutch Cape Colony
Cochoqua colonialContext Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Dutch Cape Colony
Goringhaicona historicalContext Cape Colony
this entity surface form: Dutch Cape Colony
Hendrik Witbooi placeOfBirth Cape Colony
Jakob Marengo placeOfBirth Cape Colony