This assignment helped us understand what a primary source is. We learnt that a primary source provides firsthand evidence about an event or a certain person. In this assignment we had to find a primary source and take it apart and dissect as much information as we could. I decided I wanted to learn more about James Douglas who was the governor of Vancouver Island and established Victoria because we have very similar names. I found my article through the BC archives. It was a collection of James Douglas’ letters. The two letters I analyzed talked about ‘The Pig War’ these letters made me want to do my research paper on The Pig War instead of it being on James Douglas. By the end of my dissecting of the primary source I was able to learn a lot about the Pig War.

Below is my Analysis of a Primary Source

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