Timeline

During a war between Britain and Holland, a British fleet sailed to take over possession of the cape of good hope in south Africa, the British were attacked by the French though, and the French and Dutch worked together to defence the cape. Then revolutionary armies attacked Holland, the Dutch leader at the time left to Englandand temporarily handed over the possession of the cape to prevent the French getting it. In 1795 British forces arrived in Cape Town to prevent the city from falling into the hands of France. British had possession until 1803, when the cape was surrendered to the Dutch.
 * 1795- The landin of british at the cape of good hope[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Punch_Rhodes_Colossus.png/220px-Punch_Rhodes_Colossus.png width="216" height="238" align="right" caption="Symbol of white man in Africa"]]**
 * 1835- 1846 & 1880- 1881 - Wars with the Anglo Boers & The Great Trek**

The first war was a rebellion of boers, farmers, which were against the British ruling. The Second War (1899–1902), which was longer than the other Anglo Boer war, which involved British troops. Which ending up having the Boer republics becoming part of the British colonies. The colonies formed part of the union of South Africa. The Great trek was a migration from British control in the cape by the boers. The great trek led to founding of Boer republics, the Natalia republics, the Orange Free State republic and the Transvaal.


 * 1795- 1994- British Imperial policy's**

The British rules were a rule that consist of racial segregation and separation. There were a group of laws set in place because of the racism the curtailed the rights of the black majority. Racial discrimination led to apartheid policy which separated the blacks and no longer made them citizens of South Africa. During the apartheid period there were black resistance groups that keep working underground. The apartheid era ended in 1990, and African national congress which was black resistance group came into power in 1994 and Nelson Mandela became president of the independent republic of South Africa.

Not many important events have happened since independce since cape town, south africa was only a few years ago (1994).
 * 1994- Independence**
 * Events since independence**