The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 41
Colonial History
Colonial History.
1. Trace the course of events at the Cape of Good Hope during the rule of the Dutch East India Company. Give a short account of the first capitulation.
2. Assign dates to the following events:
( a) | Abolition of slavery. |
( b) | Discovery of diamonds. |
( c) | Annexation of the Transvaal. |
( d) | Annexation of Natal. |
( e) | Establishment of the Free Press. |
( f) | Sand River Convention. |
( g) | Battle of Blaauwberg. |
( h) | War of the Axe. |
( i) | Meeting of the First Parliament. |
3 Give the date of the abandonment of the Orange River Sovereignty, and mention the events which led to it.
4. Give a brief account of the Anti-convict agitation.
5. State concisely what you know of the following persons and events:
( a) | Governor Janssens. |
( b) | Commissary De Mist. |
( c) | P. Retief. |
( d) | Hintza. |
( e) | Langalibalele. |
( f) | Murder of the Landdrost Stockenstrom. |
( g) | Battle of Boomplaats. |
( h) | Thomas Pringle. |