South+Africa+History

Bantu Expansion 2, 500 (1000 b.c.) Around 2, 500 years ago, Bantu people migrated into southern Africa from the Niger Delta. The Bushmen & the Bantu live mostly peaceful together, researchers know little of this period of archaeological artifacts. European Expeditions 1652-1815 When the English and the Dutch began to challenge the Portuguese along their trade routes. In 1647, a Dutch vessel was wrecked in the president day Table Bay at Cape Town. Arrival of the Dutch 1688 In 1688, the Dutch and the German’s were joined by French Huguenots, also Calvinist, who were fleeing religious persecution in France under King Louis XIV.

British at the cape 1815-1910 As the 18th century drew to a close, Dutch mercantile power began to fade and the British moved in to fill the vacuum. The Great Trek 1835 Beginning in 1835, several groups of Boers together with large numbers of Kolkhoz and blacks servants decided to trek off into the interior in search of greater independence. World War one 1910-1948 The union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great Britain and the allies against the Germany Empire