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Corn Laws
Corn Laws went into effect. -
Act of Union
Canada East and West would have equal representation in the elected assembly to the province. -
Britian Repealed the Corn Laws
This repeal had devistating effect on the province of canada economy. -
Reciprocity
The united states and BNA colonies agreed to reciprocity. -
Fenian
A group of irishmen formed a brotherhood called the "fenians" . -
St. Albans Raid
The threat of attack from the united states made the british colonies realize that as seprate enities they had little or no means to defend themselves. -
"Great Coalition"
The goal of creating a union of all british north american colonies. -
The Quebec Conference
Thirty-three delegates arrived in Quebec city to discuss the details of a confederation of colonies. -
Fenians Raids
The fenians made several attempts to raid BNA -
The End of Reciprocity
In the spring the united states cancelled the Reciprocity treaty, left New Brunswick little choice. The fenians wars changed alot of peoples minds. -
The London Conference
The Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick met in London, England. They discussed the final details and present their constitution, called British North America Act to the British government for approval. -
British North America Act
Queen Victoria signed the BNA act into the law and agreed it would become affective on july 1st.