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Pretoria Convention

1881 · 19th century · Part of the First Boer War

The Pretoria Convention was the peace settlement signed on 3 August 1881 that ended the First Boer War. Britain restored self-government to the Transvaal, which it called the Transvaal State, but retained suzerainty, control of its foreign relations and a resident in Pretoria. Boer resentment of these limits led to its replacement by the London Convention of 1884.

Pretoria Convention
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pretoria Convention. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pretoria-convention
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