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- Early 1800's
- Free Acres of land given away
- Land given to settlers
- Migration west started.
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- USA tried to invade Canada
- President Madison declared war on USA
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- 50 villages in Upper + Lower Canada
- starting a change in agriculture
- subsistence farming (meaning they'd only farm as much as they need to)
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- Soliders comming to Canada
- approx. 1.2 Million
- all british
- from wealthy families
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- Tuncan Cameron convinced colonists to eave region
- 133 colonists
- destroying lifestock
- burning housing
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- total control over Rupertsland
- reduce of workforce
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- fur sent over water
- sent to Brazil
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- report on affairs of BNA
- Unite all of Canada
- causes conflict and lower Canada
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- Responsible government granted
- failed at shutting down French-Canadian political influence
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- anti rebel forces were outraged.
- could not veto the bill
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- inspirted by feudal system
- aboulishment of seigneural systems
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- Horsefly River
- Many discoveries followed
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- USA threatened to invade
- USA outnumbered Canada
- America thought they should own Canada
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- first gold found here
- named after Billy Barker (founder)
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- Maritime Unions discussed
- Nation Federation
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- destroyed due to fire
- rebuilt bigger and better
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- First Prime Minister of Canada
- lost post due to Pacific Scandal.
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- Canada became a country
- no longer bond with Britain
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- HBC sold Rupertsland
- got $300,000
- 2.8 million acres of Prairie Farmland
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- 21 diffenerent routes
- For the railway
- 2 major population centers
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- wanted a railway
- the only they joined was they'd get a railway
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- Financial Scandal
- construction of railway was delayed.
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- influenced west settlers
- government encouraged markets.
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- CPR syndicate formed
- significant progress
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- Railway completed
- 4 years after deadine