1707
Willem Adriaan van der Stel is recalled
The VOC recalled Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel following the burgher petition campaign and the Lords Seventeen's intervention.
established
administrative-change
The VOC recalled Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel following the burgher petition campaign and the Lords Seventeen's intervention.
Significance
Important administrative and political watershed in early eighteenth-century Cape governance.
Why it matters
Important administrative and political watershed in early eighteenth-century Cape governance.
Disputed interpretations
The recall is established; interpretations of the underlying political and economic motives differ.