All the following except one were the motivating reasons behind the Great Trek
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JAMB 2014
All the following except one were the motivating reasons behind the Great Trek
- A. the fear that the emigration might lead to a decline of civilisation
- B. insecurity about the conflict on the Eastern frontier of South Africa
- C. restoration of economic, cultural and political unity independent of the British power
- D. threat of liberalism by the new colonial regime
Correct Answer: A. the fear that the emigration might lead to a decline of civilisation
Explanation
The fear that the emigration might lead to a decline of civilization is the correct answer, as this was expressed by the Dutch Reformed Church in opposition to the Great Trek, seeing also as being an act of godlessness.
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