THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (VOC) AND DUTCH COLONIAL EXPANSION ARE USUALLY REGARDED AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECLINE OF INDEPENDENT KHOESAN COMMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CAPE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE DUTCH WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR...
a. CONSUMING LARGE NUMBERS OF KHOESAN LIVESTOCK THROUGH VARIOUS TRADE ARRANGEMENTS
b. SEIZING KHOESAN LAND WHICH PREVENTED THEM FROM EXERCISING THE TRADITIONAL GRAZING PATTERNS
c. UNITING THE KHOESAN COMMUNITIES AGAINST THEM, ALTHOUGH THIS STILL DID NOT PREVENT DUTCH COLONISATION
d. BEING MORE SUCCESSFUL IN WARFARE AND RAIDING THAN THE KHOESAN, ENABLING THEM TO DEFEAT THE KHOESAN MILITARILY
4.b c d
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