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One hundred years ago, the British Empire found itself in a war that they thought could have never been as big and difficult as it was. In fact, this was the most difficult of all the British colonial wars in history. This war was called the Boer War. The term Boer refers to the Dutch people who settled in Cape Town South Africa; the Boers were pioneer farmers who built up the Cape colony. The …

…The Boer war was the result of the British being a greedy nation and wanting a part in everything. But instead all they ended up doing is creating a war, getting thousands upon thousands of people killed all for some gold and diamonds. The British government could have done more to prevent this war; all they wanted was to get the diamonds and gold by any means necessary since they were now denied mining rights.