Which of the following is true about the Boers?    they enslaved and fought the Xhosa and Khoikhoi peoples, decimating them        they especially resented the British when they abolished slavery        they thought God predestined them to exploit Africa and its people        all of these choices are correct

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Which of the following is true about the Boers?
  
they enslaved and fought the Xhosa and Khoikhoi peoples, decimating them
 
 
  
they especially resented the British when they abolished slavery
 
 
  
they thought God predestined them to exploit Africa and its people
 
 
  
all of these choices are correct
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Option A is correct. The Boers, with their superior war-making ability and technology, defeated the Xhosa and Khoikhoi peoples. Boers with their better weapons killed hundreds of Khoikhoi and forced many to become laborers and servants.

Option B is correct. The British made many attempts to change the Boer’s way of life. In 1834, when the British abolished slavery, the Boers resented. The Boers were against the British due to their anglicizing influence.

Option C is correct. The Boers, just like most Europeans, justified their exploitation in Africa. They believed that God established a hierarchy of being, placing the white Christians above the Indigenous races. The Boers were the “chosen people,” called to spread Christianity in Africa.

Option D is the correct choice for the reasons mentioned above.

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