   the orange river colony was the british colony created after this nation first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent orange free state in the second boer war. the colony ceased to exist in 1910, when it was absorbed into the union of south africa as orange free state province. ==constitutional history== during the second boer war, the british forces entered the territory of the orange free state and occupied the capital bloemfontein on 13 march 1900. five months later, on 6 october 1900, the british government declared an official annexation of the full territory of the orange free state, despite the fact that the british had not yet occupied the full territory of the s
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