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War of 1812 Started
The war of 1812 started because the Americans wanted to expand into the NorthWest Territoies, -
Sir John A. Macdonald's Birthday
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End of War of 1812
The war of 1812 ended when the Treaty of Ghent was signed near the end of 1814, guareteering peace among the Upper and Lower parts of Canada. The British and the Americans were forced to stop fighting. Britain won the fight over America. -
The joining of Upper and Lower Canada
Canada East and Canada West finally joined together to make one big country. Each province was given a equal amount of seats in the parliament. -
The Capitol of Canada was Chosen
The topic was Montreal. People in Toronto were against that because riots occurred there in 1849. Quebecers exclaimed that teh capitol should be in Canada East.There were mant dicussions over where exactly the capitol of Canada should be, but Queen Vitoria finally made the decision for it to be Ottawa. -
Political Deadlock
The two sides reaching to set an agreement came to a halt when there was simply nothing else they could do to win the battle against each other. -
Canda West growing bigger than Canada East
Canda West was growing bigger because immagration brought so many Emglish- speaking people to Upper Canda that they out numbered the Canada East population. -
Macdonald's Government defeated
Macdonald's government was defeated by 2 votes from trying to relsove the political deadlock. -
Construction of the Parliament Building
The parliament building was built in Ottawa after the Queen declared that the capitol of Canada would be Ottawa. -
The day Sir John A. Macdonald was elected as prime minister
After showing off his impressive skills as a politician, he was elected as a member of Kingston's City Council, then a member of parliament and soon after that he was leading the Dominion of Canada. -
Canada
This was the day that Canada was joined together. -
Sir John A. Macdonald retires from being the Prime Minister of Canada
Sir John A. Macdonald was stressed with the job of leading Canada and decided he needed a break from it. He Retired. -
Sir John A. Macdonald's death
Sir John A. Macdonald was an alchoholic. He had a major stroke and died eight days later. He was 76 years old
