South+Africa

The wiki looks pretty good, but not entirely consistent. In some places you guys use full sentences, in others it is more like you use bullet points. At the end you start to cite your sources within the questions, but otherwise don't do that. You need to be more consistent in presentation, which means you need to collaborate more. You don't have many edits (compared to other groups) and didn't seem to do a ton in terms of proof-reading or verifying the work of others. While your answers are not bad, some are strong and some are a bit weak. Wiki 35/40, collaboration 16/20. As for the Prezi, it looked pretty sharp. The framing and visual dickheadn was nice, but the transitions were a bit sloppy at times and could be sharpened. Prezi 18/20. = = = = = **South Africa** = = = The first colony that colonized South Africa was the Dutch from the Netherlands on April 6, 1652. South Africa was then colonized by Europeans because the Dutch's power was fading. These Europeans were mostly from Portugal, Great Britain, and France, which colonized in 1806.
 * 1. Colonization:**

During the colonization of South Africa many effects were taking place. Much of the colonization was violent. Europeans brought disease, which made a huge impact on the people in Africa. This is because their immune system was not adapted to these diseases as much as the Europeans were. Another violent effect was how many of the Europeans made these South Africans work for them as slaves and then exported them. There were also incidents that colonizers drove communities off their land. If the people from the community fought back they would lose because of their higher quality weapons the Europeans had.
 * 2. Effects of Colonization:**

Before the Europeans showed up, the indigenous people of South Africa, Bushmen, were hunter gatherers (40,000 to 25,00 years ago). Over time, hunting and gathering became less popular because people started a new dominant economic activity, herding. Gradually the Bushmen became known as the "Khoikhoi" as they settled along the coast of South Africa. Around 2,500 years ago the Bantu peoples started migrating towards sub-Saharan Africa form the Niger River Delta (Wikipedia). All the people in South Africa mostly acted peacefully to each other. The Bantu-speakers were advanced because they had domestic animals and practiced agriculture. Also, they lived in small settled villages. Rather than all coming at once, the Bantu-speakers traveled to South Africa in small amounts. Eventually, the idea of sacred leadership came about. Sacred leaders were elite members of the community, types of prophets, people with supernatural powers and the ability to predict the future (Wikipedia). South Africa then became a place for trade, which attracted Europe.
 * 3. Life before Colonization:**

The European colonizer hoped to gain good trade from South Africa for their own country. Also, South Africa had an abundance of natural resources including fertile farmlands and mineral resources. Colonizers wanted more wealth for their country so they took South Africa's territory. The Europeans went about colonizing in different ways like establishing settlements and farms.
 * 4. What did the European colonizer hope to economically gain in taking this territory?**

__Shaka Zulu__- (indigenous) son of the chief of the Zulu clan, started to prove himself in battle and gradually gained power. He built large armies and expanded his land by conquering more territories. Although Shaka made an impact during colonization, he was killed by his half-brothers in 1828 (Wikipedia). __Jan van Reibeeck__- (European) a Dutch colonial administrator. (Wikipedia) He was also a cultural and significance on the Afrikaners or Boers. This is because he is viewed as the founding father of South Africa. He used to be on many of South Africa's currency, but their still are statues of him and his wife. __King Louis XIV__- (European) King of France who was having religious prosecution. So much of the Dutch came because they fled and landed in South Africa.
 * 5. Three key characters during colonization:**


 * 6. How long was your territory a colony? When did it gain independence, and why?**
 * - In 1806 South Africa first became a Colony conquered by the British. Soon the European settlement expanded during the 1820s known as the Boers. (Wikipedia) **
 * - After 104 years South Africa gained its independence on May 31, 1910 from Britain. It soon became the Union of South Africa and then united with Cape, Natal, Transvaal, and the Orange Free State. These all were colonies that were previously separated. **
 * - Independence for the white minority rule came in 1934. (http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/bl-Independence-SA2.htm) **


 * 7. Colonization good for South Africa**
 * Colonization was a good for South Africa. Before the colonization South Africa consisted mostly of hunter gatherers, but soon became more interested in herding. Without the colonization South Africa would have no outside resources because they didn't have any idea of trades. When the colonization started trade routes opened. Without colonization everyone would be living in small colonies instead of everyone being settled together. Farms were also made once the colonization happened, which is a good source for foods. **

The __indigenous source__ is an account by a slave of South Africa during its colonization written in 1789.
 * 8****. Two primary sources that are affiliate with South Africa. One European and One indigenous**

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavo Vassa, the African By: Olaudah Equaino, 1745 http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano1/equiano1.html The __European source__ is a journal written by Jan Van Riebeek, govnenor of the Cape from 1652-1662. http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/p/69.html


 * 9.** **How do these primary sources help to explain the attitudes of the colonized and the colonizers?**
 * The colonized ended up mostly being slaves, and did not openly accept the Dutch colonizers. The Narrative of Equiano clearly shows that the slave part of the colonized were unhappy and were not treated fairly. Equiano was sent over seas as a slave and gave accounts of his experiences. He is very respectful of his masters and he treats them well, in fear of being reprimanded. He states, " //I might say my sufferings were great: but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a//particular favourite of Heaven, //and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life."// **
 * // The colonizers would say that them taking over was a good thing, and that they were improving South Africa by colonizing and making slaves. Jan Van Riebeek was the first to govern the Dutch colony in 1652, and created the slave trade in South Africa. His journal states, //"Today the Commander and Broad Council for the return of ships came ashore and the cow and sheep thieves were sentenced most mercifully by the same: three were to fall from the yard-arm with 100 lashes and 1 year in irons and 2 also to fall from the yard-arm with 60 lashes and for half a year to do the common labour, in chains." **

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 * Sources**
 * http://southafricangenealogy.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html **
 * http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano1/equiano1.html **
 * http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano1/equiano1.html **
 * http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/bl-Independence-SA2.html **
 * http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/modules/lesson7/pdfs/primarysourcepacket.pdf **
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Africa_(1652-1815) **
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_South_African_history **
 * http://www.ijebu.org/conquerors/oseiTutu/ **
 * http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hisprimary.html **
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck **
 * http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/macquekl/History%20Web%20Page/History/louisonhorse.JPG **