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	Vereeniging, Gauteng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa, with a population of more than 350,000.
		The city was founded in 1892 and is situated on the banks of the northern loop of the Vaal River.
		The city is well known for being the location where the Treaty of Vereeniging ending the Second Boer War (1899-1902) was negotiated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vereeniging (288 words)

	Vereeniging - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Vereeniging, city in north-eastern South Africa, in Gauteng Province, on the Vaal River near Johannesburg.
		Under the terms of the Treaty of Vereeniging (May 31, 1902), the Transvaal and the Orange Free State became British Crown colonies.
		An OFS delegate to the eventual peace negotiations at Vereeniging in May 1902, Hertzog was crucial in persuading his president to accept the British...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Vereeniging&pg=1&grp=art (269 words)

	Treaty of Vereeniging: The Times Report - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		Accordingly a conference of 60 representatives was convened with British approval at Vereeniging to discuss further proposals.
		As reported in The Times on June 2, 1902, the two parties signed the peace treaty of Vereeniging at Melrose House in Pretoria.
		By 54 votes to 6 the representatives agreed to surrender their independence and to recognize the authority of Edward VII in return for a promise of eventual self-government.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /sidebar_1461501619/Treaty_of_Vereeniging_The_Times_Report.html (168 words)

	Treaty of Vereeniging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Treaty of Vereeniging was a treaty signed on 31 May 1902 to end the Second Anglo-Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic on one side and the United Kingdom on the other.
		Although the treaty is named after the town of Vereeniging, where the peace negotiations took place, it was actually signed at Melrose House in Pretoria.
		This page was last modified 02:10, 16 June 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treaty_of_Vereeniging (249 words)

	Vereeniging - treaty of vereeniging
		The city is well known for being the location where the Treaty of Vereeniging ending vereeniging the Second Boer War (1899-1902) was negotiated.
		Nearby Vereeniging is the predominantly fl community of Sharpeville, the site of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960.
		Vereeniging also has several Eskom thermal power plants that supply treaty of vereeniging electricity to the nearby goldmines.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-Africa-Q---Z/Vereeniging.html (255 words)

	Vereeniging: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The Treaty of Vereeniging (1902), which ended the South African War, was negotiated there.
		Pandemonium erupted at the Vereeniging (an industrial town some 60km east of Johannesburg) magistrates court when the accused were released on bail of R5,000...
		The Vaalhartz Dam, near the junction of the Vaal and the Hartz rivers, is an important...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/vereeniging.jsp?l=V&p=1 (1143 words)

	The Treaty of Vereeniging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Treaty of Vereeniging was the treaty that officially ended the Boer War.
		The Treaty of Vereeniging was a result of the Vereeniging Peace Conference.
		The two groups of delegates met in May and the meeting seemed to be doomed to deadlock from the beginning as the Transvaal commandos wanted to end the war and the Orange Free State forces were resolved to continue the war to victory to ensure their independence.
	www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us /~bsilva/projects/wars/boerwar/treaty.vereeniging.htm (483 words)

	GRADE 11 - COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM AND CONFLICT
		The deliberations took place in Pretoria and Vereeniging, and the Treaty was signed at Melrose House.
		Clause 10 of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging makes it quite clear that both Boer and Briton wanted to ensure that fl people remain impoverished and that they would then be forced out of sheer necessity to work for a pittance in the white economy.
		The provisions of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging negotiated solely by Britons and Boers had destroyed this political expectation.
	home.intekom.com /southafricanhistoryonline/pages/classroom/pages/projects/grade11/lesson1/11-peace-treaty.htm (495 words)

	The Vereeniging Peace Treaty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On 31 May 1902, a little before midnight the two parties signed the peace treaty of Vereeniging at Melrose House in Pretoria.
		On 27 May 1902 the commission returned to Vereeniging with the negotiated conditions for peace as well as a request by the British that they reply before midnight on 31 May 1902.
		There the treaty was signed in the diningroom of Melrose House at five past eleven on the evening of Saturday 31 May 1902.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~enkwaa/thepeacetreaty.html (267 words)

	Treaty of Vereeniging - TheBestLinks.com - Britain, British Empire, Colony, May 31, ...
		Treaty of Vereeniging - TheBestLinks.com - Britain, British Empire, Colony, May 31,...
		Treaty of Vereeniging, Britain, British Empire, Colony, May 31, Treaty, 1902...
		The Treaty of Vereeniging was a treaty that the Boers signed May 31, 1902 to end the war with Britain.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Treaty_of_Vereeniging.html (113 words)

	Acutts Vereeniging - properties and houses for sale in Vereeniging South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1878 coal was dicovered on the farm Leeuwkuil and a town developed around the mine on the northern bank of the Vaal River.
		The town was called Vereeniging (meaning Association) because at this point transport between the two republics met.
		Vereeniging, meaning Association with the associated meaning of joining, is named after the being located at the rail and road crossing point between the two old republics: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic and the Republic of the Orange Free State.
	www.acuttsvaal.net /area_info.asp (400 words)

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		The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging on May 31, 1902, at Melrose House in Pretoria.
		The treaty was signed when the Boer forces were low on morale and resources.
		A commission of five members was chosen at Vereeniging to negotiate in Pretoria, and on May 27 that year the commission returned to Vereeniging with the negotiated conditions for peace as well as a request by the British that they reply before midnight on May 31, 1902.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/05/31/southafrica/BOER.HTM (342 words)

	Vereeniging, Gauteng, Pictures
		Vereeniging, city in northeastern South Africa, in Gauteng Province, on the Vaal River, near Johannesburg.
		It is a major steel center, located in an area of coal mines; the city obtains power from hydroelectric stations on the Vaal River.
		The Treaty of Vereeniging, which ended the Boer War, was negotiated here in 1902.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/South_Africa/Gauteng/Vereeniging_city.html (172 words)

	Second Boer War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The last of the Boers surrendered in May 1902 and the war ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging in the same month.
		But the Boers were given £3,000,000 for reconstruction and were promised eventual self-government, and the Union of South Africa was established in 1910.
		The treaty ended the existence of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics and placed them within the British Empire.
	www.sitetunnel.com /cgi-bin/nph-sitetunnel.cgi/001010A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War (4987 words)

	Boer War - MSN Encarta
		Negotiations for peace began on March 23, 1902, and on May 31 Afrikaner leaders signed the Treaty of Vereeniging.
		The Treaty of Vereeniging brought peace and political unification to South Africa but did not erase the underlying causes that had triggered the conflict.
		Even after the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the Afrikaners, by and large, kept themselves culturally and socially separate.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577208_2/Boer_War.html (205 words)

	Anglo Boer War Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Boer leaders felt that elected representatives of the different commando's must duly make any detailed negotiations which may ultimately lead to the sacrifice of their independence.
		Accordingly a conference of sixty representatives was convened with British approval at Vereeniging to discuss further proposals.
		On 31 May 1902,a little before midnight the two parties signed the peace treaty of Vereeniging at Melrose House in Pretoria.
	www.anglo-boer.co.za /treaty.html (212 words)

	Articles about the Anglo Boer War 1899 to 1902
		It was eventually decided that the British’ conditions for peace was to be brought to the Boer commandos in the veld.
		At Vereeniging a commission of five members was chosen to negotiate in Pretoria.
		A delegation of ten Boer leaders was sent to Pretoria for the signing of the peace treaty.
	www.melrosehouse.co.za /boer_war/war2.htm (363 words)

	Atlas Adventures
		The Boer war is concluded in the Treaty of Vereeniging.
		The war is resolved in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which declares Korea independent and cedes Taiwan, the Pescadores, and the Liaodong peninsula to Japan.
		The resulting peace treaty is heavily in favor of the alliance; it humiliates China, breaks the power of the Qing Dynasty, and encourages the rise of revolutionary groups.
	www.larp.com /atlas/world/worldhistory.html (1047 words)

	THE VEREENIGING TREATY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Finally, the Boers signed a peace treaty with the British and agreed to recognize the authority of Edward VII.
		The treaty was called the Vereeniging Treaty, and was signed on 31 May 1902 (10).
		In return for signing the treaty, the Boers received:
	www.worldclass.net /TeachingGlobally/SettlerSocieties/NewEchota/sld018.htm (59 words)

	Larsen Brothers: Photographers in the Dundee, Vryheid, Volksrust (Charlestown) triangle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This action crippled the Boer forces in Northern Natal and coming as it did, at a critical stage in the peace negotiations, it had a major effect on the "Bittereinders" as they were concerned that the fl population were now turning against them.
		TREATY OF VEREENIGING IN MAY 1902 The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902.
		TREATY OF VEREENIGING IN MAY 1902 On 31 May 1902,a little before midnight the two parties signed the peace treaty of Vereeniging at Melrose House in Pretoria.
	users.iafrica.com /s/sa/salbu/BoerWarLarsen.html (4697 words)

	Signing of Peace Treat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is my great honour to welcome you on this occasion of the National Commemoration of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging of the Anglo-Boer/South African War.
		Your presence is particularly gratifying, and significant; for you epitomize the wide national and international representation of all those whose lives were lost or profoundly impacted by the War.
		A 100 years later, we are assembled here to commemorate, as a nation, and as representatives of the community of nations, the Peace Treaty which concluded that tragic and historic event.
	www.dac.gov.za /news/speeches/2002_06_1.htm (1836 words)

	Effects of the Boer War
		The administration of the camps however ran into difficulties, causing bad conditions which led to the death of Boer women and children.Regardless of this argument, the fact remains that the construction of these concentration camps together with other acts of the British army literally starved the commandos into submission.
		The last of the Boer commandos, left without food, clothing, ammunition or hope, surrendered in May, 1902 and the war ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging.
		The Anglo- Boer war was a very tragic war, not only did the Boers lose their independence to the British, they also lost thousands of women and children from the concentration camps.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~enkwaa/effects.html (626 words)

	Treaties, Laws, Policies, and Court Cases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Treaty of Verdun – 843, divided Charlemagne's empire among Louis the Pious's sons Louis II the German,
		Treaty of Mersen – 870, Louis II took land from Charles II Kalmar Union – 1397, Margaret I made grandnephew Eric king of united Denmark, Sweden and Norway
		Treaty of Kiel – 1814, Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden
	www.stanford.edu /~csewell/culture/laws.htm (5205 words)

	Wars of the 19th and the 20th Centuries - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		After the signature of the Vereeniging treaty three million pounds were paid to the Boers while Britain kept political control.
		According to historian Lawrence James, over 200 million pounds were spent in the war and 295,000 soldiers participated.* *Statistics taken from: "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" by Lawrence James.
		Italy's prime minister during the final years of the war was Vittorio Orlando; he was one of the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles and he was a key player in Italy's entry into WWI, despite the fact that the country was technically allied to the Central Powers.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Wars-of-the-19th-and-the-20th-Centuries-93765.html (1044 words)

	Welcome to the Daily Dispatch - 2002/01/10
		TWELVE years have blown away since President FW de Klerk unbanned the liberation movements; 100 since the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed; 90 since the ANC was launched.
		The treaty ended the Anglo-Boer War and set the stage for the Union of Sout...
		This is what I discovered; Some teachers live about 35km away from school and reach school at 8.30am or later; In Bisho offic...
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/01/10/Editoria (229 words)

	Vereeniging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Vereeniging laundry murder case will soon be re-enrolled at court.
		1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging is signed in Pretoria, bringing an end to the Anglo Boer War.
		Zuma was acquitted after Judge Willem van der Merwe found that the complainant, a 31-year-old family friend, had laid a false rape charge against him.
	www.newsbug.net /topicc/south-africa/vereeniging.php (248 words)

	Reuben O. Mekenye, "The African Role in the Failure of South African Colonialism, 1902-1910: the Case of Lesotho"
		In their protest, the Africans focussed on several events that were injurious to their well being namely, the terms of the 1902 Vereeniging Peace Treaty, the brutal suppression of the 1906 Bambatha Rebellion, the new constitutions of the Boer republics, and the unification of South Africa.
		This is a replica of the treaty of
		In the light of the British granting the Boer republics self-rule constitutions by the Vereeniging Treaty, it is possible the Basotho chiefs saw the BNC as a vehicle towards the eventual independence of Lesotho.
	www.ecu.edu /african/sersas/Mekenye400.htm (10049 words)

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		In reply to the question why they were fleeing to Vereeniging, the Seer said: We had to sign the humiliating Treaty at Vereeniging, as well as give up our freedom—this, after thousands of lives had been sacrificed and our country literally turned into a wilderness.
		We signed the humiliating Treaty at Vereeniging, and it is there where we will deal the English the death-blow.
		The government troops at Vereeniging are in dire straits; the place where they find themselves, is hollow, like a well.
	www.geocities.com /wolfenangel/chapter23.doc (8841 words)

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