Treaty of Vereeniging

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historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Peace of Vereeniging	1
helped negotiate the Treaty of Vereeniging	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ surface form: Peace of Vereeniging
belligerentParty	Orange Free State ⓘ Transvaal ⓘ surface form: South African Republic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom
category	1902 treaties ⓘ Boer Wars ⓘ Peace treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
countryAtTime	Transvaal ⓘ surface form: South African Republic
endedConflict	Second Boer War ⓘ
followedBy	formation of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
influenced	constitutional development of South Africa ⓘ
jurisdictionChange	annexation of Orange Free State by United Kingdom ⓘ annexation of South African Republic by United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfDocument	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
locationCountryCurrent	South Africa ⓘ
monetaryCompensationAmount	£3,000,000 ⓘ
partOf	history of British Empire ⓘ history of South Africa ⓘ
precededBy	Treaty of Pretoria (1881) ⓘ
providedFor	amnesty for Boer combatants ⓘ disarmament of Boer forces ⓘ limited self-government for former Boer republics ⓘ payment of war damages to Boer population ⓘ reconstruction aid ⓘ surrender of Boer commandos ⓘ
resultedIn	British control over Boer republics ⓘ end of independence of Orange Free State ⓘ end of independence of South African Republic ⓘ
signatoryRepresentative	Christiaan de Wet ⓘ J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ Koos de la Rey ⓘ Lord Kitchener ⓘ Lord Milner ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ
signedBy	representatives of the British government ⓘ representatives of the Orange Free State ⓘ representatives of the South African Republic ⓘ
signedIn	Transvaal ⓘ Vereeniging ⓘ
signedOn	31 May 1902 ⓘ
stipulated	Boer oath of allegiance to the British Crown ⓘ no immediate granting of voting rights to non-whites ⓘ use of Dutch language in schools and courts ⓘ
subjectOf	Second Boer War historiography ⓘ
tookEffectOn	31 May 1902 ⓘ

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

Treaty of Vereeniging → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peace of Vereeniging

Second Boer War → endCause → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

Vereeniging → historicalEventSite → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

Boer Wars → notableEvent → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

Second Boer War → result → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

Koos de la Rey → signed → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

Louis Botha → significantEvent → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

this entity surface form: helped negotiate the Treaty of Vereeniging

Second Boer War → treaty → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ

Vereeniging → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ