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Corn Laws
Website About Corn LawsThe corn laws were laws designed to protect grain producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and repealed in 1846. -
John A. Macdonald Enters Politics
Website About John A. MacdonaldJohn A. Macdonald was a lawyer from Kingston who wanted representation by population yet he also wanted to assist in preserving the French culture. He took the Ideas of Brown and Cartier then combined them to make them both achieve what they desired. John A. Macdonald would eventually become widely recognized as the Father of Confederation. -
George Etienne Cartier Enters Politics
Link to A Website About George Etienne CartierCartier was a lawyer from Montreal who disagreed with the idea of representation by population because he feared English Canada would pass laws that would negatively impact French culture. Cartier was also a bitter enemy of George Brown due to their conflicting views on representation by population. George Etienne Cartier joined politics in 1844. -
Free Trade
Free trade was trade without duties or tariffs. Britain changed to this in the 1850's. All imported goods were free of tariffs. -
George Brown Enters Politics
George Brown represented Toronto and led the push for the idea of representation by population. George Brown entered politics in the year 1851 and made large contributions to politics. -
External Trade to United States
The Reciprocity Treaty was signed in 1854 which gave them a mutual reduction of tariffs and growth in trade, it also allowed free trade of natural products. -
The Quebec Conference
The colonies met together and it included Newfoundland but not British Columbia. They had agreed to the joining of the colonies and they met for three weeks. They generated a list of details on how the country would work called the Quebec Resolutions at the time. -
The Charlottetown Confrence
The Maritime colonies held the conference in Charlottetown, PEI in the September of 1864. They discussed a union of the Maritimes. British Columbia and Newfoundland were absent for the meeting and the Canadas were present. -
United States Backs Out
In 1865 the United States announces it will end treaty because they thought that British North America was getting more out of the deal then they were. United States also disliked tariffs for maximizing imports. The final reason was that Britain supported the south during the Civil War. -
The Fenians
Website About The FeniansThe Fenians were an Irish nationalist organization that encouraged revolutionary activity to overthrow British rule in Ireland. Many Fenians arrived in North America during the Great Migration. The British feared that if they fought the US the Fenians would join in, they also feared that the Fenians may invade independently. The Fenians invaded Canada East in 1866 but were largely ineffective without American assistance. -
The London Conference
The conference was held in London england in the December of 1866. It was attended by Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. They discussed the future of the colonies with British officials. -
Confederation
Wiki About Canadian ConfederationThe Dominion of Canada included Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Ottawa was chosen as the capital of the country and parliament was located in Ottawa.
