The first clash of empires
Gold, diamonds, and rising tensions
The shock of open warfare
Guerrillas, camps, and a new nation
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Master of The Boer wars
schopenhauer Disagreements over voting rights for foreign miners became the ultimate excuse for war.
schopenhauer A failed British conspiracy in 1895 pushed both sides toward open warfare.
schopenhauer Match rare trivia cards to discover unusual facts from both Boer Wars.
Kruger's millions: Legend says President Paul Kruger fled with millions in gold bars, which remain buried somewhere in South Africa to this day.
A foreigner. Denying voting rights to British uitlanders in the Transvaal escalated political friction before the war.
Who led the failed 1895 raid into the Transvaal to overthrow the Boer government?
Who was the President of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the buildup to the war?
Which orange-named Boer republic allied with the Transvaal in the Second Boer War?
Which British businessman and Cape Colony Prime Minister backed the Jameson Raid?
What valuable resource was discovered in Kimberley in 1867, before the gold rush?