The Jameson Raid was an unsuccessful attempt—starting on December 29, 1895, and ending on January 2, 1896—by British colonial officials and mining industry leaders to overthrow the government of the Transvaal, a Boer republic. It was the brainchild of Cape Colony Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes, colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, and others. Jameson, who did not know that the plan had been called off, led about 500 troops into the Transvaal. His group was stopped and imprisoned before they could mount a coup d’état.
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