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Coursework Question 5 Source G is a statement made by "William.J.Mcconnell", a later governor of the western state of Idaho, he "criticises the first settlers" for the downfall of western America and mining towns. He claimed that if the first settlers "had directed their energies not only to making money but also to public affairs, including the election of good men to fill offices, life and property might have been safe from the beginning as in older and well-regulated states", this indicates that he is accusing "the first settlers in the mining towns of Idaho" for the downfall of western America and mining towns etc, but is his statement right or wrong and is it backed up by evidence from the sources? The sources that agree with source G are sources B, D and E. Source B agrees because in the source it states that " there was no safety for life...

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