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1837 Rebellions
-In Upper Canada their was a rebellion led by William Lyon MacKenzie because they were dissatisfied with the Family Compact.
-In lower Canada a battle was being waged between the Assembly by the Patriot Party led by Louis-Joseph Papineau. -
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Confederation
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Act of union
-Lord Durham was appointed to study the problems in upper and Lower Canada
-Durham recommend a union between Upper and Lower Canada
-English became the offical language -
The Charrlettown Conference
-Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were thinking about a maritime union
-began discussing the union -
The Quebec Conference
-second conference leading to creation of dominion of Canada -
London Confernce
-finalizing the terms of confederation
-The London Conference proceeded in two stages First in December of 1866
-final draft delivered to the Colonial Office on Christmas Day 1866
-New Brunswick Nova Scotia Onatario Prince Edward Island Quebec formed Canada -
North-west Territiories joins Confederation
-In 1870 Ruperts Land and the North-Western Territory were bought by Canada, and the whole area was renamed the Northwest Territories
-Northwest Territiories covered more of Canada until Nunavut was made -
British Coloumbia Joins confederation
-rich in resources but low in population
-financial problems after the gold rush
-finally joined confederation becoming the sixth province -
Manitoba joins confederation
-Manitoba was brought into Confederation through the Manitoba act of 1879.
-French people wanted to have Manitoba as a province. -
Yukon joins confederation
-joined confederation during gold rush
-Yukon Territory was home to the earliest people of North America
-was highly populated during gold
-after gold rush many people moved away -
Alberta & Saskatchewan join Confederation
-They joined in 1905
-were smaller then thay are today
-Until 1905 all the area west and north of Manitoba was called the Northwest Territiories. -
Newfoundland joins confederation
-Tenth province
-economic problems in 1890s gave confederation some appeal but not enough to join at that time -
Nunavut joins Confederation
-Nunavut was formed from part of the Northwest Territories
-In the 1970s the Indians started talking to the Canadian government about creating a territory called Nunavut
- Paul Okalik was the first premier of Nunavut
