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• 1 2017-03-09T12:03:28-08:00 Analysis of the Overview of the Mission in British Guiana 4 plain 2017-03-25T11:06:19-07:00      The general view of the Mission in British Guiana provides an example of British expansionism that was helpful to the natives in the region.  The expansionist practices attempted to build up interest in British objects, practices, and culture.  The Mission increased literacy in the natives while negotiating peace between different tribes in the region.
  
  
  
       The Missionaries built a school where the natives could attend and be educated.  This school was greatly appreciated and valued by the natives evident in the growing numbers at the school (L. & G. Seeley et al 86).  The children learned to read, giving them a new way to communicate, especially with the curriculum that required them to translate back and forth between Macusie (the native language) and English.  The natives were better able to communicate with the Missionary and as a result they had a larger impact on the Mission. 
       The Mission had other positive impacts too.  Successfully converting more natives to Christianity led to “different tribes putting away their inbred prejudices against one another” (L. & G. Seeley et al 88).  The decrease in violence between the tribes made it more peaceful.  With this increase in peacefulness, more natives came to the Mission and joined when they saw the services being offered (L. & G. Seeley et al 89).