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Annexation of 1791
To take over the territory and add it to the territory of another country to confederation needed a country to even be a thing, so when the colony of Canada started in 1791 and only grew to become what is now known as Canada. After the confederation, Canada needed to expand its territory. -
Rebellions of 1837/1838
The rebellion of 1837 was to upper springs in upper and lower Canada. They happen from December 7, 1837 to December 4, 1838. The government in upper and lower Canada was created so that on counsel would have more power than the one elected by the people. -
Corn Laws
Laws that protected architecture in the British Empire by limiting the import of grain from other countries. In 1846, the British government repealed the corn laws, which were a part of the navigation acts and gave preferential treatment to British colonies. -
Rebellion Loses Bill
This bill was to affect all the people who lost property or money and the rebellion of 1837 between lower and upper Canada. It is a bill that states that citizens' tax money will be given to those who lost property even if part of the rebellion. This bill was instituted in 1849. -
Economic Depression
A period of low economic activity marked by high unemployment. It started at the end of the coin laws, and the ripple effect ended up being the economic depression, even though there were still exports being produced but the product development went down, less and less factories were produced. -
Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty
The treaty was made to make the trade of raw materials free between the British colonies, and the US. This was made so that there were no custom tariffs between the British colonies and the US. This boosted the Canadian economy because no longer would they have to trade. British North America lost their second biggest trading partner and again had to find other trading partners and work to improve their colonies -
Canadian-American Civil War
Canada was in a tight spot during the American Civil War. With Canada consisting of only colonies and not yet being a true nation, they couldn’t really do a lot in the American Civil War. The Canadian colonies were officially neutral in the matter but despite this tensions were still high between them. -
The Charlottetown Conference
The Maritime colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland were planning a conference to talk about the Maritime union. Politicians from West Canada and East Canada asked if they were allowed to join a much bigger confederation with them. -
Canadian-American Tension
During the American Civil War, a group of soldiers from the southern states attacked the northern states then escaped into the BNA colonies. The northern states took this as a sign of opposition. The British North American colonies were worried that they’d be attacked, so the union would make them stronger. -
The Quebec Conference
Prince Edward’s Island and Newfoundland decided not to join the Quebec confederation. Also during this conference, 72 resolutions were made to help manage the union. They now needed to go to London and ask for separation from Britain. -
Threat of American Takeover
In 1861 to 1865, the Americans for a Civil War. The north states fought the southern ones but in the end, the north one. However, Britain had supported the sauce. The British North American colonies were worried that America would attack them as revenge against Britain. Also, the Americans believed and manifest destiny, where they believed they should own all of North America. -
End of Reciprocity Treaty
The Americans announced that they were going to end the reciprocity treaty between itself and the British North America colonies. The treaty stated that certain goods should be able to pass between their borders with no tariffs. Once this was ended, the British North American colonies had nobody to trade with except themselves. They believed the union would allow easier inter-colonial relations. -
Fenian Raids
The Fenians were Irish people who lived in the United State that were still very furious that the British ruled Ireland. They thought that if they attacked B.N.A, Britain would pull soldiers from Ireland and that Ireland would be free from British rule. made small attacks on British North America. It increased the fear among the colonialists, but they did not know when they were going to be attacked. The colonist strength and the need for a better defense system. -
The London Conference
In this conference, people from British North America met with members of the British government to discuss confederation. Britain approved of this idea. Canada West was now called Ontario Canada East was now Quebec, and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia we’re now the dominion of Canada. -
Signing of the British North America Act
This legislation, passed by the British Parliament, created Canada as a new, domestically self-governing federation, consisting of the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, on July 1, 1867.
