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It happened in Sharpeville in the Transvaal area of South Africa.
The Orange Free State and the Transvaal were founded by boers.
Basically, Britain wanted to incorporate the Transvaal and the Orange Free State into a federation under British control. The Boers did not want to lose control. Negotiations between them failed and Transvaal and the Orange Free State declared war on Britain. The tensions at least partially, or perhaps mostly, had to do with gold mines in those areas.
in South Africa.
The Alabama Gold Rush happened in 1835.
The discovery of gold in Transvaal contributed to the start of apartheid.
Transvaal Park happened in 2004.
The discovery of gold in Transvaal contributed to the start of the second Boer War around 1879. The people of Transvaal did not want the foreigners taking what they thought was theirs.
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They wanted the gold and diamonds in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
It happened in Sharpeville in the Transvaal area of South Africa.
Transvaal Colony ended in 1910.
The Terror of the Transvaal has 12 pages.
Transvaal Grass Lizard was created in 1843.
Transvaal University College was created in 1896.
Transvaal Scottish Regiment was created in 1902.
S.V. Transvaal was created on 1921-01-15.