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- Grade 10 History
This page contains Moshoeshoe Essay Exam Guide for History Grade 10 Learners (South Africa):
In the Essay, candidates should include the following aspects in their response:
Essay Introduction
Candidates need to explain how Moshoeshoe came to power and led to the Basotho nation or any other relevant introduction.
Body Elaboration Key Points about King Moshoeshoe:
- Left his father’s home to set up his own chiefdom
- 1824 – his followers were attacked by the Tlokoa
- Forced to flee to Thaba Mosiu
- His chiefdom began to grow
- Gave them land
- By 1840 – had 40 000 followers
- Faced various challenges from Griqua and the Koras, white trekboers and Voortrekkers, missionaries and the British
- 1843 – Moshoeshoe concluded a treaty with the British governor – agreed on a border for the Sotho kingdom
- British went against the treaty
- Led to fighting between the British and the Sotho
- Twice the Sotho defeated the British
- Bloemfontein Convention signed
- British gave up their land to the Voortrekkers
- Led to a series of wars between the OFS and the Sotho
- More wars continued
- Moshoeshoe asked British for protection
- 1868 – Moshoeshoe agreed that the Sotho kingdom could become a British colony called Basutoland
- Any other relevant response
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