Essays Tagged: "dutch farmers"
Apartheid in South Africa.
although now ended, has left animprint on the thoughts and actions of society in South Africa today.Dutch farmers known as the Boers settled the African lands. Eventually, a rising greatBritain noted ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Constructive Criticism on The Boer War
the British colonial wars in history. This war was called the Boer War. The term Boer refers to the Dutch people who settled in Cape Town South Africa; the Boers were pioneer farmers who built up the ... diamonds and gold, but the Boers refused to give them the right to mine there. So they invaded the Dutch farmers and started to burn down farms and take the gold and diamonds while the Boers tried to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Laurier Era
to go against his own anti-war sentiments by sending soldiers to South Africa. Laurier thought the Dutch farmers were not an impeding threat to Britain and therefore support from the colonies was not ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
History of European Involvement in South Africa
The Afrikaans language originates from the Dutch when they immigrated to South Africa, bringing along their own culture and beliefs. The Dutch ... black Africans as well as other Khoi San locals as their slaves and taught them the language of the Dutch and in return incorporated some of their cultural and language into their lifestyles. Over lon ... er the world their language also became incorporated into the now Afrikaanerdom culture.In 1652 the Dutch occupied the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern Tip of Africa so that the Dutch had a midway po ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Walt Whitman's Life in Words
He was the son of a carpenter, Walt Whitman, Sr. Walt's mother, Louisa Whitman, was a descendant of Dutch farmers. His parents were Quakers, and Quakers were more liberal in their churches and in the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies