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Title your post with the names of the group members + class

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Title your post with the names of the group members + class

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Look through the sources on the contender assigned to you.

Answer the guiding questions by jotting down in point form the contributions of the contender assigned to you.

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Title the post with your names of the group members and class

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Title the post with your names of the group members and class

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Decide on who is the actual founder of Singapore.

Write 1-2 lines of explanation to justify your answer.

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Read Textbook Pg 62-63

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Read Textbook Pg 64

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Read Textbook Pg 61

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Read Sources A and B on Textbook Pg 67

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Read Sources E and F on Textbook Pg 69

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Read Sources C and D on Textbook Pg 68

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What was the position of the contender?

What was the contribution of the contender?

Were there any challenges that this contender faced in implementing his contribution?

How did the contribution made by contender impact Singapore? (think about both the positive and negative impact)

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Watch this video

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1823 - Raffles and Farquhar Depart; John Crawfurd Appointed

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1819 - 1824 Early Issues on a New Island

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Jia Yi,Yu Xuan, Bernice Hing,Brielle,Tanya and Elise

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Jia Yi,Yu Xuan, Bernice Hing,Brielle,Tanya and Elise

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Source 1

The contender was in charge of Bencoolen from 1817 to 1822.

Raffles designed the Singapore Town Plan and the plan allocated areas to the respective ethnic groups in an orderly manner. Also, Raffles shut down gambling dens.

Farquhar did not develop the island in the way Raffles wanted.

Raffles's contribution allowed the population to be less harmful. However, the income from gambling decreased.

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After William Farquhar initiated the search for a new post, he built up Singapore's trade and population to such an extent that Britain's initial disinterest in Singapore changed to a determination to retain it. While Raffles had higher responsibility for Singapore, it was Farquhar who against all odds, stuck with Singapore and built the settlement from scratch into a successful port. In source D, on an inscription on the memorial to William Farquhar, it stated that William Farquhar founded the settlement of Singapore. Suggesting that people thought he was the founder of Singapore.

Before leaving Singapore, Raffles appointed Major William Farquhar as the first residents of Singapore and left him with instructions on what to do.

Major William Farquhar then set up defence positions at the Singapore River and Government Hill with the help of 100 sepoys. This was due to the fear of a Dutch attack to enforce their claims over Singapore.

The British then decided to make Singapore a free port. This then meant that fees were were not collected from ships entering the port; taxes were only imposed on selected products, such as opium. Farquhar then placed a British official on St John's Island to inform passing ships about the new settlement and free port. Many traders came, Singapore soon became into a bustling marketplace.

Major William Farquhar is the "true" founder of Singapore.

Organised port town

Forbade littering to prevent outbreak of a disease

he cleared jungle, drained swamps and laid roads

he laid the foundations for Keppel Habour

He placed defence structures to protect the habour

he solved the infestation of rats and centipedes

faquar was also insistent of fire safety measures which proved crucial to early singapore success

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Group 6: Yu Xuan, Bernice, Jia Yi, Tanya, Elise, Brielle

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Group 6: Yu Xuan, Bernice, Jia Yi, Tanya, Elise, Brielle

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Source 2:

1. Raffles was a governor in Singapore responsible for the maintenance of the settlement.

2. Raffles founded an emporium in Singapore. He also established freedom of person and trade, bringing new settlers to the port.

3. The British East India Company(EIC) did not support Raffles founding a trading port in Singapore as they di not want to start a war with the Dutch.

4. Raffles made Singapore a place of activity and cheerfulness. He also encouraged trade, increasing Singapore's economy and helping the country support future generations. Raffles also made the settlement easily defendable, protecting it from piracy and other invasions.

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Video source

What was the position of the contender?

Singapore's first British president and commandant of Singapore, William Farquhar.

What was the contribution of the contender?

He organised the port-town by forbidding littering to prevent the outbreak of diseases, clearing dried swamps, trees and laid down roads. He also dredged the Rochor River put defense structures in place to protect the harbor.

Were there any challenges that this contender faced in implementing his contribution?

Early Singapore was infested with rats and centipedes, and William Farquhar faced this challenge by getting the locals involved in cleansing them out with the reward of money.

How did the contribution made by the contender impact Singapore? (think about both positive and negative impact)

He cleaned up Singapore's litter on the streets and more, which reduced the amount of sickness in Singapore. (Positive impact)

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1. Major William Farquhar was the first resident of Singapore

2. He set up defense positions at Singapore river and Government hill with the help of 100 sepoys

3. They were in constant fear of being attack by the Dutch to enforce their claims over Singapore.

4. They were more prepared for any attacks from the Dutch or other armies.

This will lead to the wasteful use of resources on military preparations instead of building up the colony’s infrastructure or economy

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Group 7 : Lakshita, Sarah, Vera, Isabelle and Ler Xin

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Group 7 : Lakshita, Sarah, Vera, Isabelle and Ler Xin

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John Crawfurd was the 2nd resident of Singapore. He implemented laws for the country to run smoothly. Crawfurd signed the final treaty of Friendship and Alliance which allowed the British to take control of Singapore. However, he re-introduced licences for public gambling and the sale of opium. This ensured the smooth running of Singapore. Singapore's first newspaper and street lighting was first introduced when Crawfurd was resident. Some sources also says that Farquhar and Crawfurd were the people who actually implemented laws, not Raffles. Raffles was often no in Singapore, hence the running of Singapore was mostly up to Farquhar and Crawfurd. John Crawfurd deserves to be remembered and commemorated for his achievements.

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Before leaving Singapore, Raffles appointed Major William Farquhar as the first residents of Singapore and left him with instructions on what to do.

Major William Farquhar then set up defence positions at the Singapore River and Government Hill with the help of 100 sepoys. This was due to the fear of a Dutch attack to enforce their claims over Singapore.

The British then decided to make Singapore a free port. This then meant that fees were were not collected from ships entering the port; taxes were only imposed on selected products, such as opium. Farquhar then placed a British official on St John's Island to inform passing ships about the new settlement and free port. Many traders came, Singapore soon became into a bustling marketplace. Farquhar then went against Raffles' orders and sold licences for gambling and the sale of opium and liquor to raise funds for a police force in Singapore for the smooth running of Singapore.

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The contender was a clerk of the British East India Company. He was also in charge of Bencoolen at that time.

Sir Stamford Raffles designed the Singapore Town Plan. Other than that, he also shut down gambling dens.

Raffles felt as though William Farquhar did not develop the island in the way Sir Stamford wanted which was a challenge he faced since he had to go through with this plan himself.

While this contribution caused the environment of Singapore to be less harmful, there was 1 less source of income after the gambling ban.

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Claire (1D), Yi Fei (1D), Mikayla (1D), Olivia (1C), Esselle (1C)

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Claire (1D), Yi Fei (1D), Mikayla (1D), Olivia (1C), Esselle (1C)

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Sir Stamford Raffles was the governor of Java

Sir Stamford Raffles designed the Singapore Town Plan, which allocated areas to the respective ethnic groups. He also shut down gambling dens and founded an emporium at Singapore

Major William Farquad allowed for Opium (a drug) to be sold, alcohol, and gambling dens to be in Singapore, which Raffles then had to fix.

Singapore is now safer by making harmful things illegal early, so the crime rate is as low as it is now. However, Farquad would get less money as it was his major source of income.

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Both sources C and D are different in telling me that Major General William Farquhar got praise. 'deserves much more credit' from source C tells me that William Farquhar did not get praise or credit for finding a new post. 'highly respected' from source d tells me that William Farquhar was praised and respected by his aqquaintance.

Both source C and D are similar in telling me that Major General William Farquhar did alot of things for Singapore. 'built up Singapore's trade and population' from source C tells me that Farquhad did many things for Singapore to make it successful. 'settlement he founded' from source D tells me that he made singapore grow alot.

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Group 6: Yu Xuan, Bernico, Jia Yi, Tanya, Elise, Brielle

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Group 6: Yu Xuan, Bernico, Jia Yi, Tanya, Elise, Brielle

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Raffles, at the time, was Agent to the Governor-General with the States of Rhio, Linging and Johor, objected the use of the drug opium and alcohol. He also fired William Farquhar for selling opium.

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Major William Farquhar is the "true" founder of Singapore.

Organised port town

Forbade littering to prevent outbreak of a disease

he cleared jungle, drained swamps and laid roads

he laid the foundations for Keppel Habour

He placed defence structures to protect the habour

he solved the infestation of rats and centipedes

faquar was also insistent of fire safety measures which proved crucial to early singapore success

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Janane, Natashya, Yuanxin, Nakshatraa, Shavaun

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Janane, Natashya, Yuanxin, Nakshatraa, Shavaun

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Major William Farquhar was the first president of Singapore. He was the first and official to hole the dual posts of resident and commandant in Singapore. He initiated the search for a new post and negotiated the commercial treaty with Riau that laid the groundwork. Set up defense positions at the Singapore river and the government Hill. He made Singapore a free port and sold licenses for gambling and the sale of opium and liquor. He forbade littering in Singapore and started fire prevention. He had built the settlement from scratch into a successful port.

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I think the true founder of Singapore is William Farquhar. It is because he built up Singapore's trade and population to such an extent that Britain's initial disinterest in Singapore changed to a determination to retain it. While Raffles had higher responsibility for Singapore, it was Farquhar who against all odds, stuck with Singapore and built the settlement from scratch into a successful port.

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I think that Major William Farquhar is the real founder of Singapore as he helped Singapore at the scratch to the successful end and he has a big responsibility for Singapore a she helped set up ports in Singapore

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I think that the true founder of Singapore was William Farquhar. Ha made most of the development of Singapore and its law as the first resident.

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farqhuad is the founder of singapore. he implimended the law with raffles and he also cleaned up sigapore and contributed to the growth of sg.

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I think Sir Stamford Raffles was the "true" founder of Singapore. He discontinued the sale of opium and drugs and in the present which is now, the sale of drugs is also prohibited.

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i think that raffles is the true founder of singapore. this is because he had designed the singapore town plan n the plan allocated areas to the respective ethnic groups in an orderly manner, and withiut the design, singapore would not have been founded (????)

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i think john crawfurd is the founder o singapore as he contributed more than raffles and farquhar. he gave early singapore the efficient administration

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In my opinion, I feel that John Crawfurd was the actual founder of Singapore because Raffles was mostly out at Bencoolen, leaving Singapore to Crawfurd. Even if Raffles found Singapore and set up a trading port there, there would be no use in setting up a port as it would be trashed and attacked by the Dutch. John Crawfurd signed the final treaty, which allowed Singapore to be under British control, which is a big part of Singapore's history today. Hence, I think John Crawfurd should be named the true founder of Singapore because he contributed the most to the development of Singapore

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I choose Farquhar. He has made the most contributions and cared for the people of Singapore, and helped Singapore flourish into a popular post. He built up Singapores trade and popularity

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Major William Farquhar. He was the one who initiated the search of a new port and negotiated the commercial treaty with Riau that laid the groundwork for Hastings instructions to Raffles to establish a new post.

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I think that Sir Stamford Raffles is the founder of singapore.

Although Major William Farquhar was the forst resident of singapore, he wass appointed the role by sir stamford raffles. and john crawford only started living in singapore AFTER william farquhar

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I think that Major William Farquhar is the true founder of Singapore. It is because it was William who was searching for a new post and built up Singapore's trade and population. However, John Crawfurd only helped out after Singapore was found and Raffles only came to Singapore 3 times and helped out a bit only.

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I think that Major William Farquhar is the true founder of Singapore.

This is because he was the first resident of Singapore and made many contributions such as forbidding littering, clearing swamps so as to improve Singapore as a country, which is why he is the true founder.

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I think the true founder of Singapore is Major William Farquhar. When Raffles had higher responsibility of Singapore, it was Farquhar who stuck with Singapore and built the settlement from scratch into a successful trading port, and was also the one who made the laws for Singapore.

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1. I think that Major William Farquhar was the true founder of Singapore.

2. Major William Farquhar attracted many people, from Melaka to Singapore. Farquhar then set up a police force in Singapore, helping Singapore greatly.

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Dr John Crawfurd. As he implemented laws so the country could run smoothly.

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I feel as though Raffles was the true founder as he was the one who signed the treaties that helped develop Singapore and should thus get the role of founder.

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Sang Nila Utama because he was the first person to discover the island, he established a small kingdom and ruled it and afterwards sir stamford raffles and other legendary people contributed to the building of singapore

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I think that Major William Farquhar was the true founder of Singapore as Raffles was not around in Singapore so the running of Singapore was mainly Major William Farquhar and John Crawfurd. He had also set up defence positions at the river. Thus, I think Major William Farquhar is the true founder of Singapore.

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I think that Major William Farquhar is the real founder of Singapore as he was the one who solved the challenges Singapore faced. the encouraged the sale of Opium and gambling only because Singapore needed more income.

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I think that William Farquhar was the actual founder of Singapore because he set up Singapore as a free port and also set up a police force to keep the nation safe from threats, especially from piracy.

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I think it is Raffles. He arrived in Singapore first. William Farqhuar was only the one who was assigned to do things by Raffles. Farqhuar was only following instructions while Raffles founded it. John was the SECOND resident of Singapore so I wouldn't call him the founder.

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I think Major William Farquhar is the founder of sg because he solved the challenges faced

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I think that the actual founder of Singapore was Dr John Crawfurd. While it might seem like John Crawfurd was wrong for reintroducing licenses for public gambling and the sale of opium, it was one of the reasons why Singapore was successful as a port

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major william farquhar. It is because he vcontributed alot to singapore.

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I think the "true" founder of Singapore is Major William Farquhar as he helped the country to develop and was the backbone of Raffles' plans. [Group 1's presentation was very convincing :)]

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Sir Stamford Raffles. He designed the Singapore Town Plan and allocated areas to the respective ethnic groups in a orderly manner.

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I think Raflles is the "true" founder of Singapore as before he left, Raffles appointed Farquhar as the first resident.