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imperialism
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the siezure of a country or territory by a stronger country
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racism
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the belife that one kind is race is better than the other
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social darwinism
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a social theory of the time in this theory charles darwin ideas about evolution and natural selection were applied to human society
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the division of africa
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the scramble for africanterritory had begun in earnest about 1880 at that time the french began to expand from west african coast toward western sudan
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berlin confrence
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european nations met to make laws for the divison of africa they agreed that any european country could claim land in africa by notifying other nations
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zulus fight the british
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from the late 1700s to the late 1800s a series of local wars shook southern africa around 1816 a
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shaka
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a zulu chief used highly disciplined warriors and good military orginazation to create a large centralized state
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boers and brittish settle in the cape
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the first europeans to settle in south africa had been the dutch the dutch came to cape of good hope in 1652 to establish a way station for there ships
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boers
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(dutch for farmers) graddually took africans land and established large farms when brittish took over the cape colony permanently in the early 1800s they and the boers clashed over brittish policy regarding land and slaves
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boer war
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also known as the south african war beetween the brithish and the boers was the first modern total war brittian finnaly won the war in 1910 over the boers the boer republic were joined into a self governing union of south africa
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