The Dutch lost control of the Cape Colony permanently to which power following the Napoleonic Wars?
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Correct answer: Britain
Britain occupied the Cape during the Napoleonic Wars to prevent it from falling into French hands. The transfer was made permanent in the 1814 Anglo-Dutch Treaty, leading many Dutch settlers (Boers) to migrate inland.
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