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Union of Upper and Lower Canada
Cool Historica Minute An act of union turns Upper and Lower Canada into the province of Canada. It is split into Canada West (Upper) and East (Lower), Kingston is the capital. -
George Brown created The Globe
George Brown was a former tory leader who supported confederation. He created his own newspaper "The Globe" in 1844 to support his ideas of reform and confederation. -
Potato Famine and Irish Immigration
In 1845 there was a massive potato famine that killed over a million med, women, and children in Ireland. This cause a huge arrival of people fleeing from Ireland coming to what is currently Canada. The boat ride over was extremely risky and many people died on the boat. When they arrived they were not excepted. They created Cabbagetown which was known as a very poor area. -
Responsible Government
Site with some more infoResponsible government was finally achieved in both the Province of Canada and Nova Scotia. -
Burning of the Parliament Buildings.
An English Tory mob burns the parliament buildings in Montreal after Governor General Lord Elgin signs the rebellion Losses Bill. -
Reciprocity Treaty
Reciprocity Treaty The reciprocity treaty was in action from 1854 to 1865. It lowered t the taxes on goods from British North America and the United States. It help most Canadians and was one step closer to free trade. -
Premier of Nova Scotia
Howe becomes Premier of Nova Scotia -
Charlottetown Conference
More Info Originally meant for the discuusion of a Maritime Union the Province of Canada asked to join and it was soon changed to discuss the birth of a Great nation. -
The Battle of Ridgeway
The Fenians were a group of Irish-Americans organized in New York in 1859 to oppose the British presence Ireland. They began a series of raids on Canadian territory's in hope od diverting British troops from the homeland. The most serious of these were the Battle of Ridgeway. This was Canada's first battle fought exclusively by Canadian soldiers and led entirely by Canadian officers. This caused a special urgency to the Confederation movement. -
Confederation
ConfederationAt first the people of New Brunswick were against the idea of confederation because they felt they were being sold. In the end they joined confederation. Canada West and George Brown were very for confederation and they joined without hesistation. Canada East thought at first that their French society would be ostrasized but they agreed to joinconfederation. Nova Scotia some people didn't like the idea of confederation but in the end they became one of the four original colonies.
