Free Burghers Flashcards
What did Van Riebeeck do because the settlement at the Cape was unable to grow enough food to feed the people living there as well as the ships stopping for refreshments?
He allowed some VOC employees to become ‘free burgher’ farmers.
What were free burghers? Burger 🍔nom nom banter 🙄
Free burghers were free citizens of the Cape who did not work for the VOC.
What were the first nine free burgher farmers given?
Farms along the Liesbeeck River.
When were the farmers given land on Liebeeck River?
1857
Although they had to sell farm products to the VOC, the land still ____ to them.
Belonged
In 1857 the Cape began to change from a settlement into a _____.
Colony
When did the Khoikhoi start becoming worried about losing their grazing lands?
When they saw Dutch farmers settling on the land.
The number of free burghers ____.
Increased
What happened when the colony increased?(For the Khoikhoi)
The Khoikhoi lost their herds as more and more Khoikhoi grazing land was taken over for farms.
Did the Khoikhoi just give up?
Not without resistance, they poisoned water holes and fought a number of battles and two wars against the Dutch.
Why did the Khoikhoi lose again against the Dutch? uh duh 🙄 # 🔫
Because the Dutch had guns and horses.
What happened when the Khoikhoi were forced to give up much of their grazing land to the Dutch?
They lost their livestock and were forced to work for the free burgher farmers, alongside slaves.
By the end of the 18th century nearly all the Khoikhoi who lived within the borders of the Cape colony worked as ____ of the Dutch.
Servants
What happened to the Khoikhoi who did not become servants of the Dutch?
They moved away from the Cape and joined the San.
