2.  The ZuluWar was fought between the
imperial nations and African countries fueled
by nationalism.
 The war was fought between the Dutch,
English, and people of Africa for the land and
the resources.

3.  In the early 1800s,
Shaka created a
kingdom in South
Africa.
 Son of the previous
chief
 Violently waged a war
against other locals
and burned their
villages

4.  The Boers, Dutch
settlers also known
as Afrikaners, began
encroaching in the
Zulu Lands.
 Shaka Zulu led the
Zulu tribe against
the Boers, to keep
them from taking
over.

5.  He was murdered by his own half-brother in
1828.
 Although he kept the Dutch out, his
successors could not keep the British out of
the area.

6.  In the 1880s, the Zulu
War was fought
against the British as
the Zulus sought to
retain independence,
illustrating their
growing nationalism.

7.  The Zulu did not have the weapons to fight
the British.
 The English took control and the region
became another part of the growing British
Empire.