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Confederation
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Charlottetown Conference
- New Brunswick, P.E.I., and Nova Scotia, were thinking of joining together to form a whole country but in the conference that was held in charlottetown, the United Provinces of Canada came uninvited and asked the maritime colonies to join them to make a larger union
- Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were interested in the idea but not everyone agreed and P.E.I.'s representatives were mainly against the idea or uninterested
- they decided to discuss more about the matter in a month at Quebec
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Quebec Conference
- representatives met again in Quebec City and this time all the Maritime colonies attended, including Newfoundland
- this meeting created the new country of Canada which would be based on the Seventy-Two Resolutions
- some major ideas of the Seventy-Two Resolutions include: a strong central government, all provinces could have defined powers to handle local affairs, and social and cultural issues, and members of the house of commons would be elected according to representation of population
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London Conference
- The United Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, went to London to present the Seventy-Two Resolutions to the british officials
- in the london conference, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were able to make a few changes that were to their benefit: New Brunswick got assurance that the intercolonial railway would be built
- grants to the atlantic colonies were increased
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British North American Act
- this was the modified Seventy-Two Resolutions that was changed into the British North American Act
- it was passed through the House of Commons and the House of Lords quickly
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Confederation Begins
- the 4 colonies, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Qeubec, form a united nation, Canada
- there was a celebration held in honor for this event
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Government Surveyors
- the government surveyors started dividing the land into blocks without informing the settlers and metis
- the metis and the settlers stopped them from surveying by taking the away the chains that were being used for measuring
- the Canadian government appointed William McDougall the lieutenent-governorof the North- West Territories
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The Provisional Government
- at Fort Garry, Louis Riel met with 12 french-speaking and 12 english-speaking representativesfrom the red river settlement
- they discussed about creating a provisional government and at the end of the meeting, Louis Riel had support from most of the 12 french-speaking and 12 english-speaking representatives
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Sale of Rupert's Land
- the Hudson's Bay Company sold Rupert's Land to the canadian government for $1 500 000
- they named the area the north-west territories
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Metis Bill of Rights
- the canadian government sent Donald Smith over to the Red River Settlement to say 2 things: the government's plans for the Red River and the other was to find out and report back on the metis' concerns
- Riel and the council drew up a Revised Bill of Rights
- in the Bill of Rights, some items include: the right to elect their own legislative assembly with the power to pass all local laws, the right to have land set aside to build schools, roads, and public buildings, etc.
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Manitoba Act
- the government agreed that the surrounding area near the Red River Settlement should be a province as opposed to theor orignal plans to leave it as a territory
- many points from the Metis Bill of Rights became part of the Manitoba Act
- through this act, Canada's fifth province had been created
