Southern Rhodesia? history hw....?

Question

Does anybody know what year and why Southern Rhodesia(now Zimbabwe) was colonized? And when it gained independence?

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Answer 1

The territory which later comprised Rhodesia was eventually taken over through military force by the British South Africa Company and the defeat of King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in 1893. The Second Matabele War, 1896-1897, resulted in the death of many white settlers, but this final uprising was quelled by the assassination of Mlimo, the Matabele spiritual leader. The early white settlers, including legendary military figures Baden-Powell, Burnham, and Selous, were mostly soldiers and mining prospectors who were either recruited or encouraged to come by the BSAC. In 1923 it became a regular, self-governing British territory. In 1965 Rhodesia declared its independence but this was not recognized by Britain. Independence was finally granted in 1980