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"My little homestead in the city, which I recently insured for ￡2,000 would no doubt have shared the common fate, as the insurance companies will not make good that which is destroyed by the NAME_1's enemies. And although I have a farm of 50 acres close to the town, no doubt the crops and premises would have been destroyed. In fact, this has already partly been the case, and I am now suing the Government for damages done by a contingent of 1,500 natives that have recently encamped not many hundred yards from the place, who have done much damage all around."
Letter from a British citizen to his sister during the Anglo-Zulu War, South Africa, 1879
Which of the following was a direct effect of the expanding British presence in South Africa in the late nineteenth century?
A: South Africa became the most economically successful of all the British colonies.
B: Great Britain was penalized at the Berlin Conference with a loss of land.
C: The British engaged in a war with South African decedents of the Dutch.
D: British settlers created an independent nation.
Please eliminate two incorrect options first, then think it step by step and choose the most proper one option. Please repeat the request first, then give your response.
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