British Empire in South Africa

E591873

colonial history historical period

The British Empire in South Africa refers to the period of British colonial expansion, rule, and conflict in the region, including the annexation of territories and wars with Boer republics and indigenous peoples from the early 19th to early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
British Empire (South Africa)	1
British Empire in South Africa canonical	1
British Empire in Southern Africa	1
British annexation of the South African Republic	1
British sphere of influence in southern Africa	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Basutoland NERFINISHED ⓘ Bechuanaland NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Natal Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange River Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ Zululand NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizer	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	commercial agriculture ⓘ diamond mining ⓘ gold mining ⓘ
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
includesConflict	Anglo-Boer conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ Anglo-Zulu War NERFINISHED ⓘ Basuto Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ First Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesPolicy	indirect rule ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ segregationist legislation ⓘ
influenced	later system of apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
opposedBy	Basotho kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Boer republics NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa polities NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulu Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of the British Empire ⓘ
religiousInfluence	Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 ⓘ expansion of British colonial territories in southern Africa ⓘ incorporation of Boer republics into the British Empire ⓘ subjugation of indigenous African polities ⓘ
significantEvent	Anglo-Zulu War NERFINISHED ⓘ Basuto Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ British occupation of the Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ First Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ Jameson Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ annexation of Orange Free State ⓘ annexation of Transvaal ⓘ formation of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
startTime	early 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Anglo-Boer War Museum → theme → British Empire in South Africa ⓘ

Orange River Sovereignty → partOf → British Empire in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: British sphere of influence in southern Africa

Christian Frederick Beyers → conflictWith → British Empire in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire in Southern Africa

Hermann Kallenbach → laterLivedIn → British Empire in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire (South Africa)

Transvaal independence movement → hasCause → British Empire in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: British annexation of the South African Republic