Explain was it due to ignorance or priorities of settlers and governing parties?

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Working Thesis: (can change to fit the research) British settlers, and government officials of Prince Edward Island were destroyers of the environment to ensure control of Island resources, the survival of settlers, and economic prosperity. – needs to be flushed out – was it due to ignorance or priorities of settlers and governing parties?

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