I understand that it was signed by over 500 chiefs in thee north and south island and that the Maoris wanted to be free in their land and they wanted to have guns and other weapon's and the crown wanted the land and to be able to keep the land and not just be killed when they give the Maoris the guns and weapons.
I don't understand why so many Maori's signed the treaty of Waitangi but only one English person signed it
In class we have been learning about what the Maoris wanted and what the crown wanted and how many people signed it and it was only written in one part Maori and the rest was English
A good reflection Ben. Some good understandings, and some minor misunderstandings that we will hopefully cover back in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteThere was only one treaty written in English, which then had to be translated into Maori. We discussed how some important information could have been lost in translation. As the treaty with between the Crown (British Monarchy) and the Maori chiefs, it only needed to be signed by the Crown, but they had to get ALL Maori Chiefs to sign it.
It is a very interested topic, which I hope you will enjoy studying again, especially when you start college next year.