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Page 1: Confederation Timeline

Confederation Timeline

The Great Block H – (Applause)

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Queen Victoria• Queen Victoria was the queen of the UK of

Great Britain and Ireland from 1831-1901, and empress of India from 1876- 1901. Her reign was the longest of any monarch in the British history. Her reign came to be known as "The Victorian Era“.

• When Victoria was queen Britain changed tremendously. Britain became the most powerful country in the world, ruling a quarter of the worlds population. The habitants in Britain doubled which caused a huge demand in food, clothing and houses. New factories and machines were built to meet this demand and new towns developed.

• Queen Victoria reigned as queen from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901. She inherited the throne at the age of 18.

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•leaders from the Maritime Colonies (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I and Newfoundland), gathered together and had meetings talking about forming a new union.

• The meetings began in 1864 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.• All of the Maritime colonies had planned to discuss a Maritime Union.• Alexander Tilloch Galt and the three members of the Great Coalition asked to join the discussion to present their plans for Confederation.• They were so convincing in their first presentation that they convinced the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to attend a meeting for confederation in Quebec.• The delgates to the Quebec Conference planned for the creation of a new nation.• After much discussion and disagreement they decided that provincial governments should retain many powers and because of that, this made the nation a federation. • The country would not have a strong government but they had to compromise just like the other delegates.• In the end of all of this the Quebec Conference produced seventy two resolutions and a blueprint for Confederation.

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72 Resolutions• The Quebec Resolutions are also known as the 72

resolutions • They were a set of proposals drafted at the

Quebec conference in 1864• They were adopted by most or all of the

provinces across Canada• They became the basis for the London

Conference • The 72 resolutions promised peace, order and a

good go's

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• The Great Coalition was a grand coalition of political parties, that put the two Canada's together (Upper and Lower) in 1864.

• The previous collapse after only a coalition government formed by George Etienne Cartier and Conservative John A. Macdonald (the sixth government in six years) had demonstrated that continued governance of Canada East and Canada West under the 1840 Act of Union had become untenable.

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Charlottetown Conference

By: Vanessa Antonio, Nicola Etter, and Sydney Butz

Date: September 1-9, 1864

George-Etienne Cartier and John A. Macdonald presented arguments in favour off the union, Alexander Galt discussed possible financial arrangements, and George Brown suggested they form of a united government

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island were contemplating the possibility of a Maritime Union

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Quebec Conference October 10th, 1864

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Quebec Conference

- Decided that provincial Governments should retain manyPowers.

- Made the nation a federation

- The Quebec Conference producedThe Seventy-Two Resolutions - Statements on government- and a Blueprint for confederation

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London ConferenceDecember 4, 1866

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London Conference Dec. 4 1866

• London Conference, began on December 4, 1866, where Canadian, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick delegates met with the British government in London.

• Eng, was the important transitional stage between the 1864 Québec conference and the 1867 British North American Act. The major issue was the educational clauses of the Québec Resolutions.

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London Conference

In London, Confederation delegates fine-tuned the British North America bill before presenting it to the British government at the end of 1866. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada)

• There was strong lobbying in London by bishops from the Maritimes, notably Archbishop Connolly of Halifax, to get guarantees for Roman Catholic separate schools - schools that existed by custom, though not by law - in all 3 provinces.

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London Conference

Prominent politician George-Etienne Cartier was the leading spokesman for French Canada during Confederation negotiations. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada)

In the 1860s, John A. Macdonald was instrumental in creating the Dominion of Canada and became its first prime minister. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada)

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The Fenian Raids

1866~1870

Whitney Tu Celia Rickerby

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Description• The Fenian Raids of the Fenian Brotherhood were

fought to bring pressure on Britain for the liberation of Ireland.

• The Fenian Raid occurred in April, 1866, at Campobello Island, New Brunswick.

• The raids have a large effect on Canada-US relations for years after the last raid.

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BNA Act (Constitution act)• The idea of the act was first formed when the Province

of Canada (Quebec and Ontario), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia wanted to create a federation. This was passed on the 29th of March, 1867, and was commenced on the 1st of July, 1867.

• This act was passed to deter the American “Manifest Destiny.”

• With the BNA Act being put into effect, the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were all the three were recognized as “The Dominion of Canada.”

• Nova Scotia and New Brunswick gained seats in Canadian parliament.

• Representation by population was introduced, giving each region a fair amount of representatives per capita.

• This act also gave Canadian Parliament the right to pass its own laws regarding law, marriage, court, etc.

• The act did not officially note Canada as a bilingual country, but it gave some rights for French speaking people in government.

Established: -July 1st, 1867 (Canada day)

Passed by:British Parliament

Territories affected: -The province of Canada

-Nova Scotia-New Brunswick

Union-Created the ‘Dominion of Canada’

Parliament - Nova Scotia and New Brunswick gained

seats in Canadian parliament-Representation by Population introduced

Law-Gave Canadian parliament the right to form

and change its won laws