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The Great Trek

Descendants of Dutch Settlers in southern Africa were forced to move from the Cape Colony to move north to settle somewhere else. The trek started in 1835 and ended in 1840. This placed the dutch between the british and the Zulus causing the dutch to help in the war against the

Zulus

Dutch East India Company

Lose Cape of Good Hope to Britain

Expansion of Dutch West Indies

The Great Trek

  • War between British and Dutch breaks out over cape
  • Three years later British retakes the cape
  • Congress of Vienna confirms British ownership of the cape
  • Previous war with Britain caused VoC to be a financial wreck
  • Charter expired on 31st of December, 1799
  • Declared bankruptcy in 1800
  • Most of possessions occupied by Britain
  • Some returned to Netherlands after the fall of Napoleon

Boers were forced to move north from the Cape Colony. The trek started in 1835 and ended in 1840. This placed the dutch between the british and the Zulus causing the dutch to help in the war against the Zulus.

1811

1802

2007

1871

2013

Dutch Imperialism in Africa in the 19th century

2010

1813

2004

1782-1920

1803

1800

Selling of Dutch Gold Coast to Britain

Treaty of Amiens

Lose Java to Britain

  • Rich in sugarcane, rubber, coffee, tea, and quinine

- Lasted one year (25 March 1802 - 18 May 1803)

- The Cape Colony was returned to the French Republic

- Marked end of the Second Coalition

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