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George-Etienne Cartier
He was dominant figure in the polotics of Canada East as th leader of le Parti Bleu. in 1838 he came back to Montreal after a year exile for his role in the Anti-government rebelion. -
Sir John A. Macdonald
Canada's first prime minister was born in Scotland. he was a major contributor to the development of Canada like to the very important CPR (Canada Pacific Railway). he became a father of confederation serving 19 years as Canada's prime minister. -
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pre-confederation
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Alexander Tilloch Galt
Alexander Tilloch Galt was a father of confederation. He was present at all three canfrences. -
George Brown
George Brown was a father of confederation. He went to Charlottetown and Quebec's conference, but not londons. -
reform party
The reform movement, also known as the reform party, began in the 1830s as the movement in the English speaking part of BNA. It agitated aternatly for the responcible government. Also refered to as liberal in the Maritimes colonies. The most prominent in the Maritimes was Joseph Howe. The reform party was more a loose movement than a party. Individual members voted independently on various issues. By the 1850's, the reform movement had dissipated. -
Unhappy political marriage
The formerly seperate colonies of Lower and Upper Canada had been forced into a political marriage. Lower Canada had a much larger population, the two provinces were given the same nuber of elected representatives, and French Canadian's resented the inequality. -
BNA's Scattered colonies
Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Vancouver Island and British Columbia (Vancouver Island and BC merged in 1866). The Colonies were geographically, politically and economically seperate from each other although all were intricately tied to Britain. -
Charlottetown's conference
The province of Canada was not invited to this conference. However hearing that the leaders of Britain's maritime colonieswere meeting in Charlottetown, the province of Canada asked to be represented. -
the Quebec conference
The Quebec conference was held in quebec city in october 1864 a month after the Charlottetown conference. There was a total of delegates from the province that had participated in the Charlottetown conference. the conference started in October 10 and ended october 27. -
The London conference
The third conference took place in December 1866, it took place in London. sixteen delegates from the provinceof Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick gathered with officials in Britain and drafted the BNA act, 1867. -
Canada was born
On July 1 1867, at noon, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada were proclaimed the Dominion of Canada, with John A. Macdonald its first prime minister. now upper Canada was called Ontario and lower Canada was called Quebec
