Causes of Confederation
What is political deadlock
A SITUATION IN WHICH GOVERNMENT DECISIONS ARE PREVENTED BY OPPOSING SIDES REFUSING TO COMPROMISE
WAS THE LAST TO JOIN CONFEDERATION IN 1949. HAD LITTLE IN COMMON WITH THE OTHER COLONIES AND FELT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE.
NEWFOUNDLAND
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT DIVIDED THE ASSEMBLY WAS WHETHER THE MEMBERS THAT RESIDE THERE SHOULD ALL REPRESENT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THE LARGER THE POPULATION, THE MORE REPS. THIS IS CALLED...
REPRESENTATION BY POPULATION (REP BY POP)
THIS GROUP OF IRISH MILITANTS CAUSED PROBLEMS IN BNA.
FENIANS
FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
JOHN A MACDONALD
WHICH POLITICIAN BECAME KNOWN FOR HIS BELIEF IN "REP BY POP"?
GEORGE BROWN
ISLAND COLONY THAT FELT THEY WOULD BE TOO SWAMPED BY OTHER COLONIES IF THEY JOINED. DID NOT JOIN CONFEDERATION UNTIL 1873.
PEI
WHY DID CANADA WEST WANT REP BY POP?
THEIR POPULATION STARTED TO GROW HIGHER THAN CANADA EAST
THESE TWO CANADA WEST POLITICIANS DID NOT LIKE EACH OTHER
GEORGE BROWN AND JOHN A MACDONALD
LIEUTENANT GOVENOR SENT TO RED RIVER
WILLIAM MCDOUGALL
WHAT EVENT DEVASTATED THE PROVINCE OF CANADA'S ECONOMY IN 1846?
THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS
ALL BY THEMSELVES IN THE WEST. UNTIL A SOLUTION TO CONNECT THE WAS SOLVED THEY REMAINED A BRITISH COLONY
BRITISH COLOMBIA
WHY COULD THE RAILWAY ONLY GO AHEAD IF THE COLONIES WERE UNITED?
THEN ALL THE COLONIES COULD SHARE THE COST.
DURING THE GOLD RUSH, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE REGION BECAME ANGRY. WHY WAS THIS?
THE PEOPLE MINING WERE SCARING AWAY THE FISH
STARTED A NEWSPAPER IN TORONTO TO EXPRESS HIS POLITICAL VIEWS
GEORGE BROWN
WHAT 4 THING FUELED CONFEDERATION
- Political Deadlock
- Pressure From the United States
- Economic and geographic challenges
- Britain's desire to reduce its colonial responsibilities
THEY FELT THAT CONFEDERATION FAVOURED THE PROVINCE OF CANADA OVER THE MARITIME COLONIES. THEY HAD CLOSE TIES TO BRITAIN AND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIP BUILDING. BIG COAL PRODUCERS.
NOVA SCOTIA
WHAT WERE THE BENEFITS OF BUILDING A RAILWAY?
1. FARMERS COULD GET THEIR CROPS TO MARKET
2. TRACKS CONNECTED TOWNS AND CITIES EAST TO WEST
3. BUSINESSES COULD MOVE THEIR GOOD QUICKLY AND EASILY
THOMAS SCOTT WAS EXECUTED BECAUSE?
HE THREATENED TO ESCAPE AND KILL RIEL
THREE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION
JOHN A MACDONALD
GEORGE BROWN
GEORGE CARTIER
WHY DID BRITAIN SUPPORT CONFEDERATION?
THEY WANTED THE COLONIES TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL OR MILITARY SUPPORT.
PEOPLE IN THIS PROVINCE WERE MOSTLY IN FAVOUR OF UNION. REP BY POP WOULD MOSTLY FAVOUR THEM IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY DUE TO THEIR LARGE POPULATION.
CANADA WEST (ONTARIO)
WHY WOULD THE NORTH IN AMERICA LOOK AT BRITAIN AND ITS COLONIES WITH SUSPICION?
IT SEEMED LIKE BRITAIN WAS SUPPORTING THE SOUTH BECAUSE THEY DEPENDED ON COTTON FROM THE SOUTHERN PLANTATION THAT ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS.
RIEL HAD TO LEAVE CANADA FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THIS WAS BECAUSE?
RIEL EXECUTED THOMAS SCOTT
THIS ETHNIC GROUP WAS LEFT OUT OF CONFEDERATION DEBATES
FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE