Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . d the natives, and developed theresources of the country. She had a war with the fierceZulus in 1879, one with the Boers in 1881, and another withthe Boers in 1899-1902. The residt has been to increase thepower and obligations of Britain. Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia, dreamed of a greatSouth African confederation stretching from the Cape tothe equator. His dream has now been partly realized,as in 1910, the four colonies of Orange River, Trans
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . d the natives, and developed theresources of the country. She had a war with the fierceZulus in 1879, one with the Boers in 1881, and another withthe Boers in 1899-1902. The residt has been to increase thepower and obligations of Britain. Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia, dreamed of a greatSouth African confederation stretching from the Cape tothe equator. His dream has now been partly realized,as in 1910, the four colonies of Orange River, Transvaal, 300 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Natal, and Cape Colony were formed into the Union ofSouth Africa, with a government somewhat similar to that of Canada and and Boers are nowunited in the one object ofbuilding up another greatBritish Dominion in SouthAfrica. General LouisBotha, who had commandeda Boer army in the warof 1899-1902, became thefirst premier. The Unionof South Africa has a totalpopulation, including thenative tribes, about thesame as Australia, and therich gold and diamondmines are attracting morepeople each Cecil Rhodes The protectorate of Rhodesia, lying immediately to thenorth of the Union of South Africa, has a population ofabout two millions, for the most part natives. The govern-ment of the protectorate is administered by the BritishSouth Africa Company, under the direction of a residentcommissioner appointed by the crown. 286. The Indian Empire.—The Indian empire really datesfrom the battle of Plassey. The territory won by Clive forthe East India Company was extended gradually, until itincluded the greater part of India. This extension was notaccomphshed, however, without many fierce contests andhard-won battles. The most dangerous of all these warswere the two with the Sikhs in 1845 and 1848, in which SirHugh Gough commanded the British forces. Pitts IndiaBill of 1784 divided the responsibility of government be-tween the crown and the E
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