Who was elected president after the resignation of Thomas François Burgers?
Louis Botha
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
Andries Pretorius
Answer
After the resignation of Thomas François Burgers in 1877, Paul Kruger was elected president of the Transvaal. Kruger was a Boer leader who had fought against the British during the First Boer War. He was determined to maintain the independence of the Transvaal and opposed British expansionism in southern Africa.
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