Term 4: Unit 2: Eastern frontier of European settlement: pg. 245 - 247

Question 1

How much land was given by the British government to each British family who settled in the Cape?

Answer 1

100 acres of land.

Question 2

What could the British families who lived on farms only do?

Answer 2

They had to farm.

Question 3

Why were the new British farmers dissatisfied? Give 4 reasons.

Answer 3

1. Many did not know how to farm
2. People who farmed before found that their land was too small for success
3. The Xhosa people sometimes raided their farms
4. They were affected by natural disasters like droughts and floods

Question 4

What did the Boers who migrated from the Cape in 1834 become known as?

Answer 4

The Voortrekkers.

Question 5

What was the Voortrekkers’ migration called?

Answer 5

The Great Trek.

Question 6

Why did the Boers leave the Cape? Give 2 reasons.

Answer 6

1. They were unhappy about the Anglicisation policies
2. They felt like the British authorities did not care about the border conflicts and livestock thefts along the Cape Colony’s eastern frontier