GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  The Great trek marked the beginning of European settlement and occupation in the interior of South Africa . The Great trek increased the whites’ population in the interior of South Africa i.e., both the Boers and the British population increased in the interior. The Great trek led to the establishment of the Boers republics in the interiors like the Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal respectively. The Great trek also increased the hatred between the Boers and the British , especially over the control of the interior of South Africa , which led to future Anglo-Boers wars. The Great trek led to increased mistreatment of the Africans by the Boers in the interior of South Africa since they treated them as second-class citizens. The Great trek led to increased British imperialism, which led to the annexation of Natal in 1848, Orange River Sovereignty of 1852 and Transvaal in 1877. The Bloemfontein Convention of 1854 granted full independence to the colonists of the Orange ...

  The Great trek was massive movement or exodus of the Boers from the Cape colony into the interior of South Africa. The Great trek was a large-scale migration of the Boers from the Cape colony and well organized under disciplined leadership. The following were the causes of great boer trek The Boers wanted to get freedom and independence from British rule since they had been under the British control right from 1795 when the British took over Cape colony from the Dutch administration. The presence of large and unoccupied pieces of land in the interior of South Africa for settlement and commercial farming encouraged the Boers to migrate into the interior of South Africa. The Boers also moved in search for fertile soils in the interior of South Africa that could promote agricultural production. The rebellious nature of the Boers who were also defiant especially to the British legal reforms thus they had moved away in order to be free from the British rule. The Hottentots code of 180...