History of the Begining of South Africa

Apartheid has its roots from the colonization of South Africa during the seventeenth century by Dutch settlers. White settlers from Holland evaded South Africa in 1652, from this began the long process of overcoming the South African kingdoms. In the 1860s, England sent a large fleet of its great army to seize control of South Africa. The Xhosa kingdom fought nine wars of resistance against the Holland colonizers and after the British army came into the war, it was only natural that the colonists take up defense against the British. The Xhosas were defeated in 1878 after 100 years of warfare against foreign invaders.
Britain suffered its first defeat by the Zulu, but after British reinforcements moved in the Zulu was wipeout by the overpowering warfare. By the 1900, the British had conquered all of the African kingdoms and controlled all of South Africa through a system of colonial government. Dutch descendents, known as boars or Afrikaners revolted against the British rule at this time and started the beginning of the Boar War. The Dutch defeated the British and both struggled in a power battle between each other that ended in the 1940s. During this time the Afrikaners National party (ANP) gained majority in the ruling of South Africa. Politicians in the ANP created apartheid as a way of racial separation while maintaining white domination. Apartheid became the system of government, through the 317 amendments to the apartheid related laws. The union of South Africa came to be with a government that was designed for the rights of white people while denying those same to the blacks.
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