The Province of the Cape of Good Hope has gone through numerous titles, and was established by Europeans in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company. When Napoleon came to power in 1804 the British became worried that Napoleon would use this site to his advantage.
On this day January 8th, in 1806, Cape Colony becomes a British colony. The Dutch East India Company had created a settlement at Cape Colony for restocking ships which were bound to Asia, as there was no other way for a ship to travel there besides going around Africa, and Cape Colony is located on the tip, as it is part of South Africa. The British did not want Napoleon to take over that trade with Asia, as a government needs funds in order to be successful. A tactic employed is to cut off your enemy’s commerce and economy; thus, their entire system will crumble.
In 1910 Cape Colony was renamed the Province of the Cape of Good Hope, or Cape Province for short. Cape Colony was engulfed within this province which is the size of Texas. Dutch explorer Jan Van Riebeeck founded the colony, but in 1814 the Dutch formally gave the colony to the British.