History of Quebec and Canada 414 WWW Links

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• TOPIC A: THE CAUSES
  • Political Deadlock in the United Province of Canada
    In the period after the acceptance of the principle of responsible government, governments in Canada were very short-lived and insecure.
    The American Threat 
    The British colonies of North America have always felt uncertain about the United States.
    Canadian Confederation: Fear of Annexation by the United States
    Since 1850, William Seward, the American Secretary of State during the Civil War, had been an annexationist
    who felt that British North America (BNA) was destined to become part of the United States.
    Map of British North America, 1866
    Canadian Confederation:Timeline: 1861-65
•   TOPIC B: THE STEPS
  •  Canadian Confederation: The Path to Confederation
     Confederation was the response of British North America (BNA) to a vast range of challenges and opportunities
     The Conferences 1864 - 1867
     In 1864, representatives of the Maritime colonies went to Charlottetown to discuss a Maritime Union.The Quebec Conference was a serious discussion of the specific details of Confederation.In 1866, delegates from the  three colonies travelled to London, where the British government approved the plan for confederation.
     The Charlottetown Conference of 1864
     Delegates from Upper and Lower Canada requested an invitation to speak about the possibilities of a union of the British North American Colonies.
     Canadian Confederation: George Brown describes the Charlottetown Conference, 1864
     "--they were unanimous in regarding Federation of all the Provinces to be highly desirable, if the terms of union could be made satisfactory -- "
    Canadian Confederation: The Quebec Conference, 1864 - The Seventy-Two Resolutions
    The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be promoted by a  Federal Union under the Crown of Great Britain, provided such Union can be effected on principles just to the several Provinces.
    London Conference-1866
    A conference was held in London, England, in December 1866 chaired by Sir John A. Macdonald and attended
    by some of the leading Fathers of Confederation.
     
• TOPIC C: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CANADIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
  • Canadian Confederation: The British North America Act, 1867
    A convergence of internal and external factors convinced colonial and imperial political leaders that a union of British North American colonies was desirable
    The Constitution Act, 1867
    WHEREAS the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a   Constitution similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom:

•  TOPIC A:  THE PROBLEMS OF CANADA'S GROWTH AND THE NATIONAL POLICY
  • The National Policy
    The National Policy was developed by Macdonald to help both the economy of Eastern Canada and to increase the white population of the West.
    John A. Macdonald on the Formation of the National Policy
    John A. Macdonald Moves His National Policy
• TOPIC B: ECONOMIC CHANGES IN QUEBEC
  • Confederation and Canadian National Policy
    The First National Policy, which can be dated at 1878, was a natural entailment of Confederation in 1867.
• TOPIC C: SOCIAL CHANGES IN QUEBEC 

• Module 1 - THE FRENCH EMPIRE IN NORTH AMERICA 
• Module 2 - CANADIAN SOCIETY DURING THE FRENCH REGIME
• Module 3 - THE CONQUEST AND THE START OF BRITISH RULE
• Module 4 - THE EARLY STAGES OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT
• Module 5 - QUEBEC AND CONFEDERATION
• Module 6 - INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
• Module 7 - CONTEMPORARY QUEBEC