By: Chelsea Finnerin, JoBeth Hamon, Michael Baller, Jesse Bronson

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• By Chelsea Finnerin, JoBeth Hamon, Michael
  Baller, Jesse Bronson

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• Landlocked country north of South Africa
• Tropical Climate
• Recurring Droughts and Floods

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• Cecil Rhodes-In 1888 he extracted mining rights
  and soon promoted the colonization of the regions
  land, labor and resources.
  
• In 1895, the British South Africa Company adopted
  the name Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes.
  
• Natives rebelled against settlement of whites
  with little success.

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• This policy was adopted by the British Empire in
  order for the majority to be able to rule
  Rhodesia rather than the minority of whites.
  
• The Rhodesian Front was against the policy.

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• The UDI-Unilateral Declaration of Independence
• November 11th, 1965-The Rhodesian Front led by
  Ian Smith, declared the country from British
  Rule.
  
• No one acknowledged the UDI.
• The Rhodesian Front wanted to be loyal to Queen
  Elizabeth II but didnt want the British to rule
  them.
  
• Queen Elizabeth II never accepted
• the title of Queen of Rhodesia

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• End of white rule in Rhodesia and creation of
  Republic of Zimbabwe.
  
• A war of liberation for Black Zimbabweans from
  foreign rule who had been in power since 1890.
  
• ZANLA-Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army

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• ZANLA-Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
• ZIPRA-Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army
• Black militant Communist organizations
  against white minority rule in Rhodesia.
  
• Assassination of RF official by ZANLA forces
  began the war.
  
• They were the hit and run ambush operations for
  the war.

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• In 1978, the country came to be known as
  Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and the country had its first
  black prime minister.
  
• Internal settlement left control of countrys
  government to white rule.
  
• The United States Senate voted to end economic
  sanctions against Zimbabwe-Rhodesia however, in
  1979, the Lancaster House Agreement ended
  biracial rule.