Question

Why did the British preserve official documents?​

Answer 1

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British preserved official records because british thought that the act of writing was important . Every direction ,discussion ,agreement ,etc had to be written so that after that it could be studied and debated .

Answer 2

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One important source is the official records of the British administration. The British believed that the act of writing was important. Every instruction, plan, policy decision, agreement, investigation had to be clearly written up. Once this was done, things could be properly studied and debated.