This Essay will argue the treaty of Waitangi which has many reasons why it was signed.
Historians argue that understanding the causes of significant events is much more important than just
remembering dates, facts, and figures about things in the past. Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi is
an agreement between Māori—Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa—and the British. The treaty was signed
for some reasons such as Land, Muskets, and Trading for food to get those muskets if the treaty wasn't
signed there would be a lot of Fights, Prostitutes, and Wars.
Lawless Behaviors
Without the treaty, everything would be Madness. Without the treaty, there would be a lot of drinking,
protraction and fighting, between Māori’s and Pākeha. Some of the evidence state that both Pākeha
and Māori’s used alcohol and turn into a bad situation by fighting over things for there rights.
There wasn’t any treaty to agree on so there could be peace between the two races.
So to sum up my point, if there isn't any treaty signed there would be no rules and no laws, because of
that a lot of people died.
Māori Right’s & The Missionaries
The Missionaries wanted to help protect Māori rights. The Missionaries and the Māori’s wanted to be
on good terms so then it doesn’t cause any problems with each other such as… Slavery is bad, selling
Māori’s to other things and people outside of there home. For example, their Religion, Shared technology
and Purchased land for the Māori’s. If there wasn’t any treaty signed then Māori’s wouldn’t have any
rights with anything they do.
Musket Wars
The introduction of Muskets to NZ caused a series of wars also know today as the Musket Wars,
basing it on the treaty if that wasn't there then, of course, there would be a lot of wars between each
tribe of the Māori’s and Pākeha. Some of the examples are The musket wars killed over 20,000 people,
Land boundaries changed rapidly as a result of this and Muskets were gained through trade with/Pākeha
they traded large quantities of food and flax. The Musket wars caused increased violence and deaths
because there were no laws around the ownership of muskets. A Treaty prevents this and provies
stability.
Declaration of independence
Was there anything in place before the treaty?
Interestingly, enough the declaration of independence was signed because they both agreed to sign it to
help change the declaration was signed on 28th of October 1835 in the hands of James busby Māori
could trade in legal terms because of the flag and could express rangatiratanga. There were no laws
created to protect māori as had lead agreed in the declaration
Without the treaty, we wouldn't have the thing we have today.
When there wasn't a treaty the ships would sail in and the pakeha and the Maori would get
drunk and start fights and use people for prostitution then there would be killing for items when
James busby came up with an idea of making a declaration of independence it still wasn't
enough. The English wanted to protect the Maori so they decided to make the declaration of
independence so they could both agree on. This is why the treaty was signed for them to be safe.
