Editing Jameson Raid (section)

== Aftermath ==
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The Boer government later handed the men over to the British for trial and the British prisoners were returned to London. A few days after the raid, the [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Kaiser of Germany]] sent a telegram (the "[[Kruger telegram]]") congratulating President Kruger and the Transvaal government on their success "without the help of friendly powers", alluding to potential support by Germany. When this was disclosed in the British press, it raised a storm of anti-German feeling.  Dr. Jameson was lionised by the press and London society, inflamed by anti-Boer and anti-German feeling and in a frenzy of [[jingoism]]. Jameson was sentenced to 15 months for leading the raid, which he served in [[Holloway Prison|Holloway]]. The Transvaal government was paid almost £1 million in compensation by the [[British South Africa Company]].

For conspiring with Jameson, the members of the [[Reform Committee (Transvaal)]], including Colonel [[Francis William Rhodes|Frank Rhodes]] and [[John Hays Hammond]], were jailed in deplorable conditions, found guilty of [[high treason]], and sentenced to death by hanging. This sentence was later commuted to 15 years' imprisonment, and in June 1896, all surviving members of the committee were released on payment of stiff fines.  As further punishment for his support of Jameson, the highly decorated Col. Rhodes was placed on the retired list by the British Army and barred from active involvement in army business. After his release from jail, Colonel Rhodes immediately joined his brother Cecil and the British South Africa Company in the [[Second Matabele War]] taking place just north of the Transvaal in Matabeleland.  Cecil Rhodes was forced to resign as Prime Minister of Cape Colony in 1896 due to his apparent involvement in planning and assisting in the raid; he also, along with [[Alfred Beit]], resigned as a director of the British South Africa Company.<ref name="Rotberg1988">{{cite book|first=Robert I. |last=Rotberg|date= 1988|title=The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power|location= Oxford |publisher=University Press|page= 547}}</ref>

Jameson's raid had depleted Matabeleland of many of its troops and left the whole territory vulnerable.  Seizing on this weakness, and a discontent with the British South Africa Company, the [[Northern Ndebele people|Ndebele]] revolted during March 1896 in what is now celebrated in [[Zimbabwe]] as the First War of Independence, the First [[Chimurenga]], but it is better known to most of the world as the [[Second Matabele War]].  The [[Shona people|Shona]] joined them soon thereafter.  Hundreds of European settlers were killed within the first few weeks of the revolt and many more would die over the next year and a half.  With few troops to support them, the settlers had to quickly build a [[laager]] in the centre of [[Bulawayo]] on their own.  Against over 50,000 Ndebele held up in their stronghold of the [[Matobo Hills]] the settlers mounted patrols under such people as [[Frederick Russell Burnham|Burnham]], [[Robert Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]], and [[Frederick Selous|Selous]].  It would not be until October 1897 that the Ndebele and Shona would finally lay down their arms.