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Had introduced three important principles governing relations between First Nations people’s.
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Britain repealed the corn laws This repeal had a devastating effect on the province of Canada’s economy .
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the Americans were expanding across the continent leading to the annexation of Texas.
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Government decisions could not be made because each side blocked the other from advancing agenda.
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The United States and British North America colonies agreed to a reciprocity treaty that allowed for free trade on products such as timber grain etc.
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The job of governing the province of Canada became increasingly unmanageable although coalition governments such as the Baldwin-lafontaine coalition had been formed.
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.A group of Irishmen formed a brother hood called the fenians in the united states to promote the liberation of Ireland from British control.
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British authorities indicated a growing desire to have colonies such as those in North America
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Several southern states declared their secession from the United States and formed a confederate states of America.
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A group of confederate soldiers attacked the town of St. Albans Vermont using Montreal as their base after the raid the soldiers escaped back across the border to avoid prosecution
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Ninety one were voting for confederation and thirty three voting against.
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Left New Brunswick with few alternatives to the confederation Despite The anti-confederation attitudes that existed in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
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agreed it would become effective on the first day of July the new nation was given the name of the dominion of Canada.
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One of the fathers of confederation and a member of the Canadian parliament that was used to sentence his murderer remains controversial.
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they had to be approved by the british government and the judicial committee of the privy council