Jameson Raid

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_operations
gptkbp:caused_by desire for British expansion
gptkbp:date December 29, 1895
gptkbp:ended January 2, 1896
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jameson Raid
gptkbp:initiated_by Leander Starr Jameson
gptkbp:involved gptkb:British_South_Africa_Company
gptkb:mercenaries
gptkb:military_conflict
gptkb:political_maneuvering
gptkb:Boer_forces
gptkbp:is_aimed_at overthrowing the Boer government
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in gptkb:political_science_literature
military studies
political analyses
military history books
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:British_government
lack of support
its execution
anti-imperialists
historical revisionists
its legality
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:academic_journals
gptkb:historical_accounts
historical documentaries
biographies of Jameson
gptkbp:is_motivated_by economic interests
desire for control over gold resources
strategic interests in southern Africa
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Transvaal_government
international community
local resistance movements
local Afrikaners
gptkbp:is_significant_for British colonial policy
British military history
the history of South Africa
gptkbp:led_to increased tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics
gptkbp:location gptkb:Transvaal_Colony
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:proposed_by gptkb:Rhodesia
gptkbp:reported_by historical newspapers
a disaster
British newspapers
gptkbp:resulted_in failure
gptkbp:was_followed_by gptkb:Second_Boer_War
international scrutiny
increased Boer nationalism
military engagements in the region
gptkbp:was_influenced_by British expansionist policies
Jameson’s ambitions
the gold rush in Transvaal
gptkbp:was_part_of British imperial strategy
British colonial conflicts
the history of imperialism.
Imperialism in Africa
the scramble for Africa
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes
some British citizens
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5