Question

When the british began settling in south africa, where did many afrikaners move?

Answer 1

The British settlement in South Africa signified the violent disruption of the way of living of Southern Africans ethnics groups, especially of the Afrikaners, also called "the Boers", which means "farmers" in Dutch. With this Britain's invasion, two major wars were fought: The First (1880-81) and the Second Boer War (1899-1902).

After the devastation of these wars, and the racial violence that many Afrikaners underwent, many of them had no better option but to move to other countries. They mainly moved to Namibia and Zimbabwe. Other moved to the Netherlands, South America, Australia, and the southwestern United States.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the following.

The Afrikaners are an ethnic group in South Africa who are descendent from French, Dutch, and German people from the 17th century. When they came in contact with African people, Afrikaners developed their own language and culture.

Then it happened that the British started to settle in South Africa in 1795 due to England gained control of South Africa. A lot of citizens and government officials settled in South Africa. Afrikaners didn't accept British people in their territories because, among other things, the British freed their slaves, ended with slavery, created conflicts with former native African people, and occupied the land for farming. This angered the Afrikaners and they decide to leave. The moved to the North and the East of the country and they formed independent Republics: The Republic of Transvaal and the Republic of Orange Free State.