You will read and review the provided primary source documents. you then will analyze the documents using the following criteria:

1. brief summary
2. author's purpose
3. historical context

1. The Massachussett congressman believes that the Indians have all the right to stay on their own lands, and that the settlers have little to no rights of taking the land from the Native Americans. He also states that there were plentiful land in which they already have to accomadate all the people, and they should allow the Native Americans to continue living in their own lands, & the citizens should be thankful for what they already have.
2. To keep the US from passing the expansion, because he finds that there is no need for it at all.
3.The US was deciding on whether they should expand westward or not (this would lead to the Lewis & Clark Expedition)

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