Co-operation and Conflict on the Frontiers of the Cape Colony in the Early 19th Century

Practice flashcards in fill-in-the-blank format covering the British arrival at the Cape, the Frontier Wars, 1820 Settlers, the Great Trek, and frontier communities such as the Kora, Griqua, and Tswana states.

Before the British arrived in 1795, the Dutch proclaimed the __________ as the boundary between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa without consulting them.

Fish River

The frontier area between the Sundays and Fish Rivers where trekboers and Xhosa communities met was called the __________.

Zuurveld

In the Zuurveld, sour grass provided good grazing in the summer, while the sweet grass of the river valleys provided good grazing in __________.

winter

In 1795, Britain took control of the Cape from the Dutch at the Battle of __________ to stop the French from taking it.

Muizenburg

During the Third Frontier War (1799–1803), the western Xhosa were under the leadership of Chief __________.

Ndlambe

In the 100 years from 1779 to 1879, there were __________ frontier wars fought between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa.

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In the Sixth Frontier War (1834–1836), Chief __________ and his soldiers defeated the British.

Maqoma

Trekboers referred to the British Circuit Courts as the "__________" because Khoikhoi servants were allowed to bring complaints of ill-treatment against their white employers.

Black Circuit

After farmer Cornelis Bezuidenhout was killed in 1815, his brother organized a rebellion against British authority at __________.

Slagtersnek

In 1823, the British colonial authorities exiled the Khoikhoi leader David Stuurman to __________ to stop Khoikhoi resistance.

Australia

The ships carrying the approximately 4 000 British settlers who arrived in 1820 landed at __________ Bay.

Algoa

Introduced from Britain, farming with __________ sheep flourished, making wool the Cape's most successful export by 1846.

merino

In the year __________, the British government halted the slave trade across all its colonies, though slavery itself continued within the colonies.

1807

Two major slave revolts took place in the Cape Colony in the years 1803 and __________.

1825

Passed in 1828 by the British colonial government, the law known as __________ granted the Khoikhoi the right to move freely in the Cape Colony.

Ordinance 50

The boers who left the Cape Colony during the Great Trek between 1835 and 1841 were called __________.

Voortrekkers

Between 1835 and 1841, about 7 000 boers migrated out of the Cape Colony by crossing the __________ River.

Gariep/Orange

The Kora originated from small groups of __________ who had lost their land to the Dutch in the south-western Cape.

Khoikhoi

The Griqua derived their name from a Khoikhoi group known as the __________.

Guriqua

The Griqua were the first group from the Cape to settle north of the Gariep River in an area that later became known as __________.

Griqualand West

Around 1820, the most powerful Tswana state was the Hurutshe, which had its capital at the stone-walled town of __________.

Kaditshwene

In the early 1800s, Dithakong was the capital town of the southern Tswana state called the __________.

Tlhaping

The regular trade route running north between the Tswana states to the west and Boer territories to the east was called the "__________".

missionary road

Dr. John Philip, who arrived at the Cape in 1819 and campaigned for Ordinance 50, represented the __________ Missionary Society.

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