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Corn Laws went into effect.
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Canada East and West would have equal representation in the elected assembly to the province.
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This repeal had devistating effect on the province of canada economy.
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The united states and BNA colonies agreed to reciprocity.
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A group of irishmen formed a brotherhood called the "fenians" .
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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.
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The goal of creating a union of all british north american colonies.
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Thirty-three delegates arrived in Quebec city to discuss the details of a confederation of colonies.
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The fenians made several attempts to raid BNA
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In the spring the united states cancelled the Reciprocity treaty, left New Brunswick little choice. The fenians wars changed alot of peoples minds.
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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.
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Queen Victoria signed the BNA act into the law and agreed it would become affective on july 1st.