Cecil Rhodes by Angelina Pasichnyk https://padlet.com/angelina_pasichnyk/d0cb4q4za77l by: Angie Pasichnyk en-us 2017-03-08 20:32:45 UTC 2025-06-18 14:23:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Where was he from? angelina_pasichnyk https://padlet.com/angelina_pasichnyk/d0cb4q4za77l/wish/158811679 Rhodes, born the son of a vicar in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 1853, was dogged by ill health as a child. He first came to Africa, where the climate was deemed better for him, aged 17. He grew cotton in Natal, but moved into diamond mining, gradually outwitting his rivals to become the dominant force in the trade.]]> 2017-03-08 20:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_pasichnyk/d0cb4q4za77l/wish/158811679 Who was he? angelina_pasichnyk https://padlet.com/angelina_pasichnyk/d0cb4q4za77l/wish/158815438 Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Rhodes was an imperialist, businessman and politician who played a dominant role in southern Africa in the late 19th Century, driving the annexation of vast swathes of land.]]> 2017-03-08 20:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_pasichnyk/d0cb4q4za77l/wish/158815438 What did he do that affects imperialism? angelina_pasichnyk https://padlet.com/angelina_pasichnyk/d0cb4q4za77l/wish/158815515 His supporters saw him as having brought political and physical infrastructure to South Africa. But the critics now point to his time as prime minister of the Cape Colony, from 1890 to 1896, when his government effectively restricted the rights of black Africans by raising the financial qualifications for voting. At the same time he once reportedly said: "I could never accept the position that we should disqualify a human being on account of his color."

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