Colonisation of the Cape

Question 1

When did the Dutch and English from trading companies

Answer 1

Early 17th century

Question 2

Why did the Dutch and English create trading companies

Answer 2

To challenge the Portugese and Spanish dominations of the trade between Europe & Asia

Question 3

Name the 2 most well known companies formed and their origins

Answer 3

The East India Company was British & the VOC was Dutch

Question 4

How did the VOC use its power to expand the Dutch Empire

Answer 4

Taking possession of land, expanding trade routes and establishing trade outposts

Question 5

What countries did the VOC take possession of

Answer 5

Batavia, Indonesia, Columbo (SL) Malabar (India) Makassar and Dutch East Indies

Question 6

By 1620 what were the VOC’s major trading commodities

Answer 6

Cotton and silk

Question 7

Where did they source the cotton and silk

Answer 7

China & India

Question 8

What were the VOC and East India Company using the Cape for

Answer 8

A half way stop

Question 9

What would they do during these stops

Answer 9

Setup tents along the Cape shore to trade with the Khoi Khoi, dump prisoners and mutineers

Question 10

What is a mutineer

Answer 10

A soldier or sailor who who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.

Question 11

Where did the British leave prisoners

Answer 11

Robben Island

Question 12

Where did the Dutch dump mutineers

Answer 12

Table Bay

Question 13

For what purpose was a refreshment station set up and when

Answer 13

1651, provide fresh supplies of vegetables, fruit and meat for VOC trading ships

Question 14

How long was Jan van Riebeeck put on a contract for to set up the refreshment station

Answer 14

5 years

Question 15

What else was JVR instructed to build

Answer 15

A fort to protect the station against the Khoikhoi and other European competitors

Question 16

How long was JVR at sea before he arrived in the Cape of Good Hope

Answer 16

5 months

Question 17

What was the name of the ship he was on

Answer 17

Drommedaris

Question 18

What was the first thing that they did on arrival at the Cape of Good Hope

Answer 18

They built mud and wooden structures for shelter defence

Question 19

Why did the Dutch government permit their men to own land and farm

Answer 19

They needed to ensure good food supply

Question 20

Why was most of the food still brought on ships from the Netherlands

Answer 20

The farms couldn’t meet the demand

Question 21

How were the men stationed at the Cape saved from starvation

Answer 21

By arrival of a ship carrying rice from Madagascar

Question 22

What was the next attempt to increase food production

Answer 22

VOC released employees from contracts and gave them freehold land along the Liesbeek Valley for them to start farming

Question 23

What were the “free burgers” provided with

Answer 23

Seeds, tools and loans to start their farms

Question 24

What strict instructions were given to the free burgers

Answer 24

They could only sell their produce to the VOC and were not allowed to trade with the khoi khoi

Question 25

What resulted in conflict between the Dutch and the Khoi

Answer 25

Dutch farmers who continued to spread the occupied land from Table Bay and further into the Cape

Question 26

How did the Khoi Khoi and Dutch beliefs differ in respect of land

Answer 26

Dutch believed that land was a commodity with a monetary value which could be sold, exchanged or privately owned, while the Khoi Khoi believed that land was the property of the community and not the individual.

Question 27

What was a constant form of conflict between the Dutch and Khoi Khoi

Answer 27

Loss of grazing pastures

Question 28

Which country attacked Saldhana Bay

Answer 28

France

Question 29

What did the Dutch consider their purchase price for the land at the Cape

Answer 29

Brandy, tobacco and bread