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Match each excerpt to its meaning. Excerpt: We know our lands are now become more valuable: The white...

Match each excerpt to its meaning.
Excerpt: We know our lands are now become more valuable: The white people think we do not know . . . and the few goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.
Excerpt: We are not well [treated] with respect to the lands still unsold by us. Your people daily settle on these lands, and spoil our hunting . . .
Excerpt: We must insist on your removing them, as you know they have no right to settle.

Answer

  1. Excerpt: We know our lands are now become more valuable: The white people think we do not know . . . and the few goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.
    Meaning: British colonists are trying to take advantage of the Iroquois by offering inferior goods in exchange for land.

  2. Excerpt: We are not well [treated] with respect to the lands still unsold by us. Your people daily settle on these lands, and spoil our hunting . . .
    Meaning: British colonists are occupying Native American lands and destroying important hunting grounds.

  3. Excerpt: We must insist on your removing them, as you know they have no right to settle.
    Meaning: British colonists do not have ownership of these lands and must leave.

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