In southern Africa during the 1800s
a. the French established an impregnable fortress at Zanzibar.
b. Belgian troops were driven out of the Cape area after they had tried to conquer the Boers.
c. the racially tolerant Boers were able to organize a biracial, intertribal force which successfully resisted the British army for three years.
d. the British were more sympathetic to the rights of the local population than were the Boers.
e. the Boer commander, General Shaka, proved to be an effective political and military leader.
d
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