Transvaal Trek
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Transvaal Trek was a segment of the 19th-century Great Trek in which Boer settlers migrated into the Transvaal region to escape British colonial rule and establish independent republics.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical migration
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segment of the Great Trek → |
| characterizedBy |
crossing of major rivers such as the Vaal
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movement away from British-controlled Cape Colony → negotiations and conflicts with African chiefs → |
| followedBy |
formal recognition of Boer republics in the interior
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| hasCause |
Boer dissatisfaction with British legal and land policies
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Boer opposition to British policies on slavery and labor → annexation and administration of the Cape by Britain → |
| hasEthnicGroupInvolved |
Afrikaners
→
Voortrekkers → |
| hasLanguageOfParticipants |
Dutch
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early Afrikaans → |
| hasLocation |
Transvaal region
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area later known as South African Republic → interior of southern Africa → north of the Vaal River → present-day South Africa → |
| hasParticipant |
Boer settlers
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|
| hasReligionOfParticipants |
Calvinist Protestantism
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| hasTimePeriod |
1830s
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1840s → 19th century → |
| hasTypeOfGovernmentEstablished |
Boer republic
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farmer republic → |
| historicalContext |
frontier conflicts in the eastern Cape
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post-Napoleonic British expansion in southern Africa → |
| influences |
later Afrikaner nationalism
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mythology of the Voortrekkers in Afrikaner identity → |
| involves |
family-based settler groups
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pastoral and farming communities → wagon trains → |
| motivatedBy |
cultural and religious autonomy for Boer communities
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desire for political independence → resistance to British colonial rule at the Cape Colony → search for land for pastoral farming → |
| partOf |
Great Trek
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|
| precededBy |
British consolidation of power at the Cape
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| relatedTo |
Boer republics
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Natal Trek → Orange River Trek → South African Republic → Voortrekker movement → |
| resultsIn |
creation of the South African Republic (ZAR)
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displacement and conflict with African polities → establishment of Boer republics in the Transvaal → expansion of white settler presence in the interior → formation of Boer communities in the Transvaal → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Great Trek
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hasPart |