Answer: The correct answer is : After the First Boer War there was a very unstable peace since Britain continued in its ambition for the natural resources of South Africa. The population of Uitlanders was also growing, they were mostly British who demanded political power and were increasing their wealth, this caused a lot of tension in Transvaal. The Uitlanders backed by British high command wanted to incorporate the Boer republics into the British empire. The British government gave an ultimatum to the inhabitants of Transvaal demanding all rights for the Uitlanders, knowing that the Boers would not allow it and the British had already sent troops to South Africa. At that time Britain was the richest country on earth with a powerful empire, then the Second Boer War broke out, the British were sure of their triumph but it was not so, the Boers defeated the British on all fronts, suffered 3000 casualties, in London it was called the Black Week. The Boers used the tactics of blow and flight because they knew the terrain very well. Then Queen Victoria announced that they would not accept defeat and sent half a million troops to fight 50,000 Boer commands. Finally, the British achieved victory, destroyed farms and took more than 100,000 Boers to the concentration camps mostly children and women, who died of hunger and disease.
