Jameson Raid

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The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.

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Label Occurrences
Jameson Raid canonical 7
Jameson Raid crisis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military operation
historical event
military raid
commandedBy Leander Starr Jameson
conflict prelude to Second Boer War
country United Kingdom
describedBySource Boer government reports
British parliamentary inquiry
endTime 1896-01-02
hasCause tensions between British Empire and South African Republic
hasEffect Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram
Rhodes’s resignation as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
contributed to outbreak of Second Boer War in 1899
damage to Cecil Rhodes’s political career
diplomatic crisis between Britain and Germany
formation of the South African League
heightened Boer suspicion of British intentions
increased British public interest in South African affairs
increased tensions leading to Second Boer War
resignation of Joseph Chamberlain’s underlings and political embarrassment
strengthening of Boer resolve against British influence
trial and imprisonment of raid leaders in Britain
weakening of Uitlander political position in Transvaal
location South African Republic
Transvaal
mainSubject Second Boer War
namedAfter Leander Starr Jameson
objective incite uprising of Uitlander population in Johannesburg
overthrow Boer government of South African Republic
opponent Boer forces
South African Republic
opposedBy Paul Kruger
surface form: President Paul Kruger
organizer British South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes
Leander Starr Jameson
outcome British defeat
capture of raiders by Boer forces
failure of planned uprising in Johannesburg
participant Boer forces
surface form: Boer commandos

British South Africa Company forces
Cecil Rhodes
Leander Starr Jameson
Paul Kruger
Uitlanders
partOf British imperial expansion in Southern Africa
pointInTime 1895
1896
result imprisonment of Leander Starr Jameson
political scandal in the United Kingdom
raiders tried in British courts
startTime 1895-12-29
supportedBy British South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes

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Transvaal conflict Jameson Raid
Leander Starr Jameson knownFor Jameson Raid
Leander Starr Jameson participantIn Jameson Raid
Petrus Jacobus Joubert participantIn Jameson Raid
this entity surface form: Jameson Raid crisis
Uitlanders associatedWithEvent Jameson Raid