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British restrictions had been placed on the Northern expansion of the
Boers in an effort to placate the native African population who were at
this time resisting any European expansion. The Boers resisted and defied
British rule and continued their Northern expansion. The power struggle
evolved and progressed until serious hostilities eupted.

The war was caused by British greed (Transvaal goldfields),the refusal of the Boer Republics to grant immigrants citizenship,the continuous improvement of relations between the republics and Germany.The strengthening of the Boer Republics economy also threatens British supremacy and an over aggressive Lord Millner

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The boers had discovered gold and diamonds in the Freestate and the Transvaal.

The English empire wanted it so they started a war.

Because they could not win, they started concentration camps where thousands of women, children as well as africans died because of malnutrition.

It was all for money.

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Some of the causes of the Anglo-Boer War were the discovery of gold in Transvaal, the dynamite tax and proposed railroad construction, Boer resistance to Britain's goal of colonial control, and

the conflicting political ideologies of Imperialism and republicanism.

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Hey, I'm currently doing the Scramble for Africa at AS too and I've been asked to discuss causes for the Second Boer War of 1899.

There are many reasons:

Economic value of the Transvaal where there were diamonds and gold

Strategic: Protect the Cape Route by reducing threat of Boers gaining Bechuanaland.

International Rivalries: Boers rising power through their economic prosperity and also Germany.

First Boer War.

Of course you'd have to explore these answers in depth, these are just brief points.

I hope this has helped.

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One of the long term causes for the Boer war was the discovery of diamonds in in 1867. The war began in 1880 and lasted till 1881.

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There was gold, the brits fought to steal it from the boers

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Uitlander grievances about taxes and suppressed rights, the dynamite tax and proposed railroad construction are some of the causes of the Anglo-Boer War.

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The fact that the Boers wanted freedom and a place to settle. They would never find it under British rule.

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