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Report from a British official on meetings with Native Americans in 1875
(PRO ref: CO 880/7/10)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give
of life in the British empire in terms of
the following issues:
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the treatment of native peoples in
the British empire?
relations between the settlers and
the native peoples?
relations between the native
peoples and the British?
whether native people were
involved in running their own
countries?
the benefits of economic
development in the empire?
the relationship between the
British government and the
settlers?
2 Explain whether you think this source
gives a positive or negative view of the
empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in
your own online exhibition?
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Source 7
Report from a British official on meetings with Native Americans in 1875
(PRO ref: CO 880/7/10)