More food= more people, more people means you need more food, which means you get people to make more food, which attracts more people, etc, etc.
The british won the war but the boers won the ensuring peace so go with the british :)
Here is a example
The new United States government was thus free to acquire Native American lands by treaty or force. Resistance from the tribes stopped the encroachment of settlers, at least for a while. After the Revolutionary War, the United States maintained the British policy of treaty-making with the Native American tribes
“We see different views of the Universe from where we live as Earth makes its yearly trip around the solar system. That is why we have a different Star Finder for each month, as different constellations come into view.”
