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Mind Map on Boer War, created by megan langdon on 14/01/2015.
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Boer War
  1. Causes
    1. Previous defeat
      1. 1st Boer War
        1. Kruger
          1. Reclaim independence
        2. Gold
          1. 1898
            1. 27% Of worlds gold
              1. Poor relationship
              2. Uitlander (foreigner)
                1. Denied
                  1. Political rights
                    1. Vote
                      1. Status
                      2. Appealed
                        1. Queen
                          1. British Rule
                          2. Alfred Milner
                            1. Boers
                              1. Reform
                                1. Concessions
                          3. Empire
                            1. Take
                              1. Orange and Transvaal
                                1. For the gold
                              2. Kruger
                                1. 'It is my country that you want'
                                2. Controlled most S. Africa
                                  1. Dutch??
                              3. Army 1899
                                1. Number
                                  1. 249,466 Regulars
                                    1. 78,000 Reserves
                                      1. 60-70,000 Indian Empire
                                        1. 60,000 28 days training
                                          1. 35,000 Agreed overseas service
                                          2. 230,000 Volunteers w/ limited training
                                          3. Tommy
                                            1. w/c
                                              1. Poor
                                                1. 1s a day
                                                2. Shamed by family
                                                  1. Outcast
                                                  2. Boring
                                                    1. Drills and mundane tasks
                                                    2. Equipment
                                                      1. Weapons
                                                        1. Lee Enfield rifle
                                                        2. Uniform
                                                          1. Khaki
                                                            1. Polished buttons and badges
                                                        3. Officers
                                                          1. Character
                                                            1. Brave, loyal amateur
                                                              1. Still gen from the upper classes
                                                            2. Private income
                                                              1. Mess bills
                                                                1. £100-150 p.a
                                                                2. Low pay
                                                                  1. India
                                                                    1. High wages
                                                              2. Soldiers
                                                                1. Boers
                                                                  1. Men
                                                                    1. 500 Foreign volunteers
                                                                      1. 50,000 Total
                                                                        1. 33,000 Transvaal
                                                                          1. 21,000 Orange
                                                                            1. Discipline
                                                                              1. Personalities
                                                                                1. Collective
                                                                              2. Uniform
                                                                                1. None
                                                                                  1. Blended
                                                                                2. Organisation
                                                                                  1. Commandos
                                                                                    1. District
                                                                                      1. 200 - 1,000 Men
                                                                                      2. Officers elected
                                                                                        1. Every man
                                                                                          1. Had a say and contributed to strategy tactics
                                                                                          2. Finance
                                                                                            1. Gold
                                                                                              1. £90,000 p.a
                                                                                                1. Intelligence gathering
                                                                                              2. Mauser Rifle
                                                                                                1. German
                                                                                                  1. Marksmen
                                                                                                    1. Excellent shot
                                                                                                      1. Wild animals
                                                                                                        1. Farmers
                                                                                                    2. Transport
                                                                                                      1. Ponies
                                                                                                        1. Hardy
                                                                                                    3. British
                                                                                                      1. Finance
                                                                                                        1. £11,000 p.a
                                                                                                          1. Tight
                                                                                                          2. Men
                                                                                                            1. Officers
                                                                                                              1. Sir George White
                                                                                                                1. 64 Yrs
                                                                                                                2. Buller
                                                                                                                  1. 60 Yrs
                                                                                                                3. 14,750 S. African
                                                                                                                  1. 22,000 reinforcements
                                                                                                                    1. India
                                                                                                                  2. Transport
                                                                                                                    1. Railway extensive
                                                                                                                      1. Moving troops and supplies
                                                                                                                4. War
                                                                                                                  1. 1st Battles
                                                                                                                    1. Mafeking
                                                                                                                      1. Baden Powell
                                                                                                                        1. Held out
                                                                                                                          1. May 1900
                                                                                                                            1. Surrounded
                                                                                                                            2. Kimberley
                                                                                                                              1. General Cronje
                                                                                                                                1. Cut off by Boers
                                                                                                                                  1. Troops
                                                                                                                                    1. Miners
                                                                                                                                      1. Cecil Rhodes
                                                                                                                                  2. Natal
                                                                                                                                    1. George White
                                                                                                                                      1. Cut off
                                                                                                                                        1. 10,000 Men
                                                                                                                                          1. Ladysmith
                                                                                                                                    2. Black week
                                                                                                                                      1. Failures
                                                                                                                                        1. Buller
                                                                                                                                          1. Divided forces
                                                                                                                                            1. Methien
                                                                                                                                              1. Ant attack
                                                                                                                                                1. Highlanders
                                                                                                                                                  1. Kilts
                                                                                                                                              2. Gatacre
                                                                                                                                                1. Protect
                                                                                                                                                  1. Cape
                                                                                                                                                    1. Railway
                                                                                                                                                  2. Buller
                                                                                                                                                    1. Spion Kop
                                                                                                                                                      1. Jan
                                                                                                                                                      2. Natal
                                                                                                                                                        1. Defeat
                                                                                                                                                          1. 15th Dec
                                                                                                                                                          2. Ladysmith
                                                                                                                                                            1. Relieve
                                                                                                                                                      3. Queen
                                                                                                                                                        1. Reinforcements
                                                                                                                                                          1. Lord Roberts
                                                                                                                                                            1. 67 Yrs
                                                                                                                                                              1. Kitchener
                                                                                                                                                                1. Hero
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Sudan
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Aggressive
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Feb
                                                                                                                                                                  3. Defeat
                                                                                                                                                                    1. 'Doesn't exist'
                                                                                                                                                                2. Success by Nov 1900
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Reinforcements
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Infantry 448,895
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Roberts
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Relieved
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Kimberley
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Cronje
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Surrender
                                                                                                                                                                              1. 4,000 Boers
                                                                                                                                                                            2. Capital
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Bloemfontein
                                                                                                                                                                                1. March
                                                                                                                                                                                2. Captured
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Johannes Burg
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Pretoria
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. War seems over
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Autumn 1900
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Roberts and Buller
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Return to Britain
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Supplies
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Shortage
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Typhoid
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Bad
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Disease
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Main cause of deaths
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Typhoid
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Limited
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Resourcers
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Drs
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Beds
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Difficult
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Large country
                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Simple wounds
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Disease
                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Geurrilla warfare
                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Trains
                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. No base
                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Mountain areas
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Same in Britain
                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Surgery
                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Treatment
                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. Pre-War
                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Dutch
                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Colonisation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. S. Africa
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Drove off
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Natives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Tribes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Farmers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. British
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Joined
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Protest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. India
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Trade
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Abolished
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Slavery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Dutch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Owned
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Resents
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Broke free
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Orange
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Transvaal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Zulu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. 1879- 80
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Defeated British
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Isandh Iwana
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Shortage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Weapons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Henry Rifle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Saved Britain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Wiped out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Zulu threat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Separated Boers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. 1st Boer War
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Boer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Independence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Gladstone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Limited
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Men
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. War
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Afghanistan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Resources
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Majuba Hill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Defeated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Feb 1881
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Paul Kruger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Won
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Independence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Strength
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Leader
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