Relations with Boers, 1880-90 Flashcards
When is Dizzy voted out for Glizzy (around this time-soz for context dependant)
1880
What did Gladstone say in relation to the whole having the Transvaal thing?
the queen cannot be allowed to relinquish her sovereignty over the Transvaal
When do the Boers start the rebellion/war?
December 1880
When was the battle at Majuba Hill
26-27 Feb 1881
At Majuba Hill, how many troops did either side have
both around 500
Deaths of sides at Majuba Hill
1 Boer 91 Brits (very bad defeat)
What was the point of the Pretoria Convention for Gladstone?
He wanted to ask peace from the Boers (the B had been doing badly)
Significance (to whomever but those immediately involved AKA the soldiers) of the pretoria convention.
1st time B initiated peace from the losing side.
Gladstones contemporaries (conservatives + Vicky) are properly disgusted at this and then also at him i guess.
When was the Pretoria Convention?
1881
Agreements of the Pretoria Convention (3)
Transvaal is independent
Keep control of Foreign affairs (obvs)
Control of any legislation to do with native black people
When did Germans come do South West Africa