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Building A Union
They reached an agrrement to model the futre government off of the curent British parlimentary democracy -
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Evolution Of Canada
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Date Of Confederacy
This was the proccess in which the federal domination was created -
House Of Commons And Senate Were Created
House of commons was compossed of elected representatives and which ever party held the most seats would have the most power. The Sante is representatives invited bythe monarchy -
Manitoba Joins
Manitoba joined for the promise of the trans continental rail way in 10 years. -
Northwest Territories Joins
The Northwest territories joined the confederation in 1870. The Northwest Territories joined because the Hudson Bay Company, which owned those lands, sold them to the Canadian Government. Manitoba was included in those lands.The Northwest territories also joined for the railway Canada offered -
British Columbia Joins
British Columbia also joined in the rpomise of the railway -
Prince Edward Island Joins
Prince Edward Island joined after confederation when they were bailed out of finacial woes incurred durring the buliding of its own railway -
Yukon joins
Yukon joined Canada because they had realized the need for a local government created because of the population increase by the Gold Rush.
When the Gold Rush happened, they needed a local government to control all the chaos happening, and they couldn't remain such a big part of the Northwest Territories so they became a single province. -
Changes in the Twentieth Century
The three major trends of the twentieth century were:
.Gaining complete autonomony from Britian
.Shift in power from federal to provincial governments
.Great depression caused government to be more complex to protect all citizens -
Saskatchewan And Alberta Join
Saskatchewan and Alberta joined after a flood of immigration settled the prairies -
Statute of Westminister
British government changed, letting all nations of the new commonwealth decide to keep, change or throwout old British law. Effectively making Canada an independant country. -
Newfoundland Joins
Canada promised to help them by building many things such as roads and railways.Britain didn't want the cost of supporting Newfoundland any more. Joining Canada would mean more money for Newfoundland. -
nunavut joins
Nunavut was split off from the NW Territory in 1999 to give the Inuit a territory in which they would be the ethnic majority.
