CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—Vol. I.
1851.—First Basuto war.
1852.—Sand River Convention, granting independence to Transvaal Boers.
1853.—Province of British Kaffraria created.
Introduction of representative government in Cape Colony.
1854.—Convention of Bloemfontein and Treaty of Aliwal, granting independence to Orange Free State.
Free State abandoned to Dutch.
1855.—Establishment of a Constitution for South African Republic; not completed till 1858.