Causes of the Boers Great Trek
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...