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Many rebellions against the government. The poor wanted American-style democracy. The rebellions were caused by frusterations frusterations in political reform.
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Lord Durham issued a report, and it led to the act of union, which was the joining of Upper and Lower Canada to become the Province of Canada.
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Lord Durham's report brought about the Province of Canada, but this new province didn't include all the colonies.
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Lord Elgin signs the bill of the Rebellion Losses. Also, Vancouver Island became a colony of it's own.
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British Colmbia is created as a British colony.
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A conference in Charlottetown was held to argue, discuss, and debate about who would run the country if they all joined as one. In the spring, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island came together to contemplate the Maritime Union. However, some other people were there from different places and had iseas of their own to make Canada.
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Quebec Conference was another discussion about how the country was to be run. This was the second conference. IN September, John A. MacDonald asked a governer to invite the representatives from the maritime colonies and Newfoundland to meet with other delegates in Quebec.
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John A. MacDonald and the Parti Bleu joined together to create The Great Coalition, which was the first political party to run Canada.
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The London Conference was where the delegates from the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences met with the British government to have them approve of them becoming a country. They chose the country name Canada. After Christmas they started to finalize everything in text.
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New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec all became one and was called the Dominion of Canada. John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister. What led to confederation: political deadlock, Americans trying to take over, corss country railways, the poor wanting a responsible and representative government, and trading issues.
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Manitoba and Northwest Territories joined the Dominion of Canada on July 15, 1870.
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British Columbia joined Canada as well, the 6th province to join Canada. British Columbia was booming with the Gold Rush, but then it colapsed, and the economic depression as well as a desire for a responsible and representative government led to British Columbia becoming part of Canada.
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PEI joined confederation.
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The Yukon joined confederation.
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Albert and Saskatchewan joined Canada in 1905.
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Newfoundland joined confederation.
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Finally, Nunavut joined Canada.
