Boer war figures

Question 1

William Gladstone

Answer 1

PM who gave up Transvaal and Orange free state

Question 2

Who was the president of the Transvaal

Answer 2

Paul Kruger
wanted to maintain Boer supremacy

Question 3

Who was British PM and foreign secretary

Answer 3

Lord Salisbury 1895 became PM and foreign secretary

Main Aim: Splendid Isolation

Subordinate aims: security, India, rest of the empire, sea lanes and preserving peace.

Question 4

Who as the Colonial secretary

Answer 4

Joseph Chamberlain

aggressive defence of British interests

which he believed could be achieved through a cohesive empire bound by economic intrests and a imperialist parliament

Question 5

PM of cape colony in 1890 (later forced to resign)

quote that shows his British ambitions

Answer 5

Cecil Rhodes

Arrived in cape colony aged 17 in 1870
Set up diamond mining company in the transvaal 1887 and became PM three years after

Strong nationalist believed Britain was the first race in the world and wanted to expand Britain African interests.

Question 6

Marthinus Steyn

Answer 6

President of the orange state

signed a military pact after Jameson Raid

Question 7

High commissioner of SA

Answer 7

1897 sent out as High commissioner of SA

Held meeting with Kruger held a uncompromising stance of utilanders

Question 8

Lord Kitchener

Question 9

Lord Roberts

Question 10

Sir George White

Question 11

General Penn-Symons

Question 12

General Baden-Powell

Question 13

General Buller