week 9 - expansion of empire 1890 - 1914

Question 1

cape colony:

causes of the jameson raid

Answer 1

transvaal Ggovernment’s discriminatory attitude to the uitlanders who had contributed in no small measure to the growth of the mining town

the kruger government had been putting pressure on the mining companies in the form of taxes, and they maintained monopolies over items such as the dynamite needed for deep-level blasting and for railway construction which led to high transport tariffs

rhodes decided to overthrow the government by taking up arms. the uprising was timed to coincide with an invasion of the transvaal from bechuanaland by Jameson. Rhodes wanted to take over the government of the transvaal and turn it into a british colony that would join all the other colonies in a federation

Question 2

cape colony:

events of the jameson raid

Answer 2

jameson and 500 armed forces men crossed the border from bechuanaland but had been too hasty. while Jameson waited on the border, the uitlander leaders in johannesburg were arguing among themselves about the kind of government to be put into place after the invasion.

many of the uitlanders had no interest in violent uprising. rhodes had actually decided to call off the raid, but by that time it was too late as jameson and his party had already crossed into the transvaal

communication was lacking and plans were botched when all telegraph lines were not cut as had been planned.

consequently, the boers received warning of the attack, and
jameson was forced to surrender on 2 january 1896 at doornkop near krugersdorp