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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.