CANADA’S ROAD TO NATIONHOOD

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Background

Established in 1867

Founding father(s) unknown

o Because of 3 Conferences of

Confederation

Before the Confederation

Britain and France in North America

France gives land to Britain after war (1763)

Britain lost its land after American

Revolution

Left over land would later become “Canada”

Political Issues

Language disputes in the Province

of Canada

o Representation in government

How should the government be

run?

Military Issues

Relations between Britain and

America after Revolution

Britain feared America would attack

the colonies

o Encouraged forming one country

Creating the Confederation

Preceded by 3 conferences

Charlottetown Conference

Quebec Conference

London Conference

Confederation in 1867

Charlottetown Conference

September 1864

Form Maritime colonies

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince

Edward Is.

Quebec Conference

October 1864

How would this new country be

run?

“Quebec Resolutions”

London Conference

December 1866

Final agreements

“British North America Act”

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,

Province of Canada

The Official Confederation

July 1, 1867

Country of 4 provinces

Other provinces and territories

added later

Commonwealth Concept

Association of Britain and its former

colonies

Peace, equality and economic development

1949 – India and its split

Canada was the largest and strongest

Commonwealth Concept (cont.)

Dominions

Autonomous but with a voice

Mozambique (1995)

Suffrage

Women’s movement – 1878

Emily Stowe = Susan B. Anthony

Ontario – 1884 (widows and spinsters)

Nova Scotia – property-owning

Canadian Senate – 1929

Language Conflict

Francophone and Anglophones

Coexisted peacefully

Underrepresentation of French

Canadians

Language and Religion

Civil Law (and Catholicism) – French

Common Law (and Protestantism) –

English

Would not send their children to

schools

Ethnic Corners

Population separates

Ethnic corners form

Montreal and Quebec

Sources

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids/index-e.html

http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/ukandireland/a/commonwealth.htm

Faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistroy/encyclopedia/Canada-WomensVote-WomenSuffrage.htm

www.slmc.uottawa.ca/?q=early_conflict_lower

http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/specifique/lois_e.html