The+Boer+War+(1899-1902)

=The Boer War (1899 - 1902)=
 * Most important military ever for Canada up until WWI.
 * The British government wanted to expand their control in Africa to get their hands in on the newly discovered diamond and gold mines.
 * British settlers were not welcome by the Boer (early Dutch colonists)
 * Britain saw it as getting equal rights for the British, Boers saw it as an invasion to take their land.
 * The Boers declared war on Britain in 1899, British government went to the British colonies for help.
 * English-Canadians were in favor or Britain and wanted to help, French-Canadians could relate to the Boers and did not want to help Britain.
 * Prime minister, Wilfred Laurier, compromised with the French and English Canadians and sent equipped volunteers this cause some dispute in Canada[[image:boer_war.jpg width="322" height="455"]][[image:boer_war2.jpg]]