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Repeal of Corn Laws
1846 - 1854
- Great Britan changed its economic policies and favoured free trade
- Tariffs were removed on certain itemstraded between British North America colonies and Great Britain
- hard times in the British North America colonies started -
Reciprocity Treaty: Period of Free Trade
1854 - 1866
- certain resources coukd be traded between the Bristh North America colonies and the United States without tariffs (taxes).
-- the economic situation in British North America colonies improved -
Political Deadlock in the United Province of Canada
1857 - 1864
-politcal deadlock occurred quite frequently in the legislative assembly in the United Province of Canada
- made it difficult to pass important laws -
Gold in the Fraser River Valley
- gold rush on the lower fraser river brought 30 000 miners to New Caledonia.
- Most of the miners came from the US
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The British Colony of British Columbia
- Douglas convinced the British to make the territory of New Caledonia into the colony of British Columbia becasue he heard about the lawlessness during the califronia glod rush ; didnt want the same to happen to British Terrutory
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Charlottetown Conference
- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the United Province of Canda attended the Conference
- discussed the formation of a united canada and considered uniting in a central government
- decided to have another conference in one month
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Quebec Conference
- delegates from the United Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
- a list called the Seventy - Two Resolutions was created ( Canada would be built on the basis of the seventry - two resolutions )
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Cancellation of the Reciprocity Treaty
- between 1854 - 1865 there was free trade between Brisitsh North America Colonies and the United States ( agricultural and raw materials were sold without paying high tariffs)
- in 1865 the United States ended the reciprocity treaty which cancelled free trade between British North America colonies and the United States
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Colony of British Columbia
- colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia were united under the name of British Columbia
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London Conference
December 1866 - February 1867
- needed to present the seventy- two resolutions, on february 12 1867 sevetny two resolutions passed through the house of commons and house of lords quickly
- May 22 1867, Queen Victoria announced that the Domion of Canada would be created -
Confederation of Canada
- United Province of Canda,Nova Scotia, New Brunswick joined confederation to create the Domion of Canada