BNA
Economy in the colonies
The colonies had fishing, shipbuilding, logging, manufacturing, fur trade
Central Colonies
Canada West and Canada East
Groups of people in BNA
English, French, Aboriginal
preferentail tariffs
The government collected taxes on imported goods
How was Canada created
Canada was created by uniting Upper and lower Canada.
Atlantic Colonies
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI
The great migration
Between 1840 and 1860, many more english-speaking.
Industrial revolution
Where more people move to the city to work in factories
What problems might uniting the colonies create
That Canada east will lose there culture
who lived in central colonies
English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French
Coffin ships
So many people get sick or died on the coffin ship
No "corn" laws
They took away corn laws that gave special rates for wheat to the colonies
Most populous colonies
1. Canada west
2. Canada east
3. Nova Scotia
The pacific coast
British Columbia, Vancouver island
African American slaves and the underground railroad
In 1700 the slave had to work in the cotton fields. The underground railroad is where slave can come to canada.
Water transportation
They made canals, steamboats, steam engine to make it easier
What groups were the majority, minority
Majority: Canada west, Canada east, Nova Scotia , New Brunswick. Minority PEI, BC , NWT
The north and the prairies
Rupert's land, Red river settlement, Northwest territories
Effects of the great migration
The French began to worry more about the survival of their language and culture
Railway transportation
By the end of 1850s, Canada west, Canada east, New Brunswick all had railways