Grade 8 History Summary: Mineral Revolution

This summary includes: Timeline with important dates, increasing control of black workers, compounds, the Mineral Revolution in South Africa, British involvement, gold mining in the Witwatersrand, how gold was mined, conditions underground, randlords, chamber of mines, the closed compound system, pass laws, burden on women, laws of discrimination and labour resistance, turning point in South African history, defeat of the Boer Republic, rebellions in South Africa, and terminology sheet.

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