Reference no: EM133686627

Assessment:

An exercise in paragraph-writing

Helpful tips:

• Firstly, the theme it contains is important. It is vital that we restrict ourselves to the theme of the question. It may seem that this is a limiting factor, but it teaches us to efficiently address a particular theme, without including information that could be irrelevant to the discussion. Multiple paragraphs are fine, as long as it stays on theme and includes relevant information.

• Second, is also important that our paragraph has an opening sentence, which could best be described as a "single sentence argument." e.g. - there are several ways in which the discovery of diamonds influenced the development of South African cities. With this sentence you have introduced your theme, foreshadowing the discussion to follow - i.e. the ways in which the development of the city was influenced.

• Third and perhaps most important, is the reference to be inserted. This means that we must acknowledge the source that we are using to answer the question. We have to insert a footnote after each sentence if we are not using a single source - which most of we will for this assignment. Instead, when making use of a single source, only insert a reference after every third sentence.

Questions

1. Briefly outline what the living conditions were like in Cape Town during the early 19th century.

2. Outline the main ways in which the Cape was anglicised by the British before the mid-1890's.

3. Several reasons were offered by Voortrekkers to substantiate their migration from the 1830's - briefly outline these reasons.

4. Many sources that are used by historians to reconstruct the early 19th century history of southern Africa, can be considered problematic. Briefly discuss why this is the case.

5. Farming was an important economic activity in the economy of the Cape Colony in the first half of the 19th century. Briefly discuss why this was the case.