When and why did the dutch calvinists and the french huguenots settle in south Africa?

Answer 1

• the dutch calvinists settled in Table Bay (present-day Cape Town) in 1652 near the cape of good hope
• the Dutch East India Trading Company encouraged settlement because: they had already been stopping at South Africa to trade with the south africans and restock ship supplies. they needed a more reliable way of trading than the present one with the indians. so they encouraged settlers to settle there.
• the dutch Calvinists also feared "dutchification," or the process of becoming more dutch and less British (the calvinists were originally from Britain). they wanted to go elsewhere where they could retain this British culture while not being persecuted by the British.
• the French Huguenots:
  • went to avoid religious persecution in France
  • the Edict of Nantes was repealed in 1685. the Edict of Nantes granted religious freedom to French Huguenots. now that it was repealed, persecutions began again and the Huguenots searched elsewhere to continue their beliefs
  • 1687 was their first major successful attempt at colonizing south africa