colonial expansion after 1750

1. Colonial expansion after
1750
British takes control of the Cape

2. What do you know
about slavery?

3. SLAVERY
Slavery is a condition in which
individuals are owned by
others, who control where they
live and what they work .

4. What were the
kinds of jobs that
slaves performed
?

5. How the Dutch East India company(VOC)
lost control of the cape to the British?
 The dutch set up a permanent settlement at the cape to
exclude the British.
 In 1705 the British were at war with France and the British
invaded the Cape Pennisula and took over the Cape from
the Dutch until 1803 when the colony was handed back to
the Dutch.
 When war between the British broke out again in 1806,
the British permanently occupied the Cape colony.

6. What were the intentions of
British after gaining control of
the cape?

7. The British rule the Cape
 Intially the British control was to protect the trade route to the EAST.
 But they soon realised the potential to develop the Cape fro their own needs.
 Missionaries wrote articles which talked about cruel slavery was.
 In 1807 the British abolished slave trade in it’s empire, but did not abolish
slavery.
 The British navy took the slaves from the portuguesse and released them into
the cape as their own.
 Missionaries continued to campaign against slavery
 1824 under continued pressure the British in London decide to free slaves

8. Did the British abolish slavery
completely?

9. Give a brief summary
of what you have just
learnt