Timeline of Events, Provinces, and Territories
- September 1st, 1864: The Charlottetown Conference opened to discuss about the confederation of every British North American province, territory, and colony.
- October 10th, 1864: The Quebec Conference opened for discussion of the Seventy-Two Resolutions, as well as the Confederation of Canada.
- December 4th, 1866: The London Conference opened (as the last conference) for discussion about passing resolution and redrafting the BNA (British North American) Act of 1867. Education and defense was also discussed during the conference.
- March 8th – 9th, 1867: The British Parliament passed the BNA Act for the Canadian Confederation.
- July 1st, 1867: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec joined Canada and the
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- The conference was held in the Confederation Chamber of the Province House.
- The Charlottetown Conference became the first meeting of the Fathers of Confederation.
- Newfoundland was not represented at the conference because it had been invited too late.
- Prince Edward Island was not interested in joining a union that would include the Province of Canada.
- George Monro Grant was a Canadian church minister, writer, and a political activist from Stellarton, Nova Scotia who wanted Canada to extend from ocean to ocean. It is said that he was a good orator and very persuasive.
Quebec
- The Quebec Conference took place between October 10 and October 27, 1864.
- The conference was held in Quebec City (a month after the Charlottetown Conference).
- A total of 16 delegates (people sent to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference) from the provinces that had participated in the previous (Charlottetown) conference attended this
June 25, 1798 . The Act was the first federal legislation that dealt with the
Canadian history consists of many memorable moments, including many great leaders that helped Canada become what it is today, like the well-known Louis St. Laurent. He was born on Feb. 1st, 1882 in Compton, Quebec, and died on July 25, 1973 in Quebec City (Coucil, 13). Louis St. Laurent was raised in a mixed family, with a French - speaking father, and English - speaking Irish mother, and was fluently bilingual. He studied many years in law, where he graduated from law school, at Laval University in 1914, and had been a successful corporation lawyer (“St-Stephen, St. Laurent”). Laurent entered politics a lot later in his years, as he became older; however he still managed to have a large impact on Canada, and achieved many accomplishments. Louis St. Laurent was an extremely important, and well-respected politician, because he helped resolve the conscription crisis from 1940-1944 (,Pickersgill,14), and prevented the government and cabinet from collapsing, which would have caused the society to fall apart at the time, he was involved in the establishment of the Canada Council, which introduced support for Canadian arts, to help Canada separate from the influence of American culture (Jocelyn), and lastly he welcomed Newfoundland into confederation in 1949 (“Newfoundland History”), which was a large accomplishment because of the failures Many other politicians experienced in trying to do so before.
To begin, Canada became an independent nation on paper through two very important papers. The first paper was the Balfour Report at the imperial Conference of 1926, which stated that Britain's dominions were independent communities from Britain. This was the first step to the official declaration of Canada's independence. The second paper was the Statue of Westminster, the Act signed in the Britain that declared the Balfour Report law. This caused the establishing of The Commonwealth of Independent States. These two papers are of great importance in the formal creation of Canada as an autonomous state from Britain.
The date that the 13th Ammendement (prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude) was adopted. It was subsequently declared on the 19th of December 1865
On May 25, 1787 in a State House in Philadelphia, fifty-five delegates from twelve out of the thirteen colonies re-united, in efforts to modify the ineffective Articles of Confederation. This meeting was called the Continental Convention of 1787. After the Articles of Confederation, it was clear that a unicameral legislature was not going to uphold the needs of all the states, to maintain and unify them. Many ideas arose to offer a solution for the controversial debate on how many representatives each state should have in the U.S. Congress. The ...
The War Measures Act, which had been created for the protection and benefit of Canadian...
If you ask any Canadian what they were doing on september 28 1972, there it a good chance they will say watching the Canadians and soviets battling it out for the title of the summit series. It was one of the largest rivalry games in Canadian history. Kids in school watched the games during class, People across the nation sat on the edge of their seats for the month of september and were thrilled when Canada pulled off the victory. All of the hype leading up to the event made people wonder if the summit series was the biggest event in Canadian sports history or even Canadian history in general.There is no doubt that the summit series was a huge milestone for Canada and brought the nation together for an exciting ride, even to this day we still see the effects of this great event, it sculpted the game of hockey that we know and love today.
... early 1900’s the Senate showed to be a huge pain and an issue. People in the west hated it because they were underrepresented in the Senate compared to the smaller provinces such as the Maritime Provinces. Mulroney made the promise to have further discussions on senate reform. He said that provinces could have a role in the appointments much like the new law for the Supreme Court. The Federal Government would have less control over who is in the Senate and more power would be given to the provinces. This would change the type of Federalism Canada had practiced since the beginning. Provinces are not supposed to be formally represented in the Senate, the Federal and Provincial governments are supposed to be separate institutions. Mulroney agreed to give Senate reform a try to appeal to the West and explained to the East that they will discuss their fishery issues.
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Which led to the Constitutional Act of 1791 where Quebec was divided into two parts; Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Due to the Loyalists their were many changes, like creations of new colonies like Upper Canada, which are now Canadian provinces. Furthermore, because of the large amount of english speaking settlers, they established a bilingual identity for Canada. The constitutional act stated that each province could elect an assembly, raise taxes, and pass laws. Each colony also had its own governor and an appointed council to advise the governor. The constitutional act was a total success. To conclude the Loyalists had a big impact in the making of Lower canada and Upper
George Coles, a persistent politician, insisted that Prince Edward Island was not being provided with strong leadership, Gray was forced to drop the topic of Confederation. To the Islanders, a government dominated by Upper and Lower had little appeal. A colony as small as Prince Edward Island would have very few representatives in a federal government. They were not prepared to pay taxes to build an Intercolonial Railway, which could not run on their island. Islanders also opposed Confederation over the issue of absentee landlords. Their dislike of the landlords ...
... the Dominion of Canada. By the results of the election, it was evident that the voters were not in favour of Confederation in Newfoundland at this time. You would imagine that merchants of the area would defiantly not see any future benefits to Confederation based on the underlined ways that the local economy was sustained at the time. Imaginably, they would have been worried about a higher taxation – which would only be used to benefit those who lived on the mainland and had constant easy connection – as well as having any tariffs only benefit the mainland and their means of production as well as industry. Over the coming years, all of Newfoundland’s core industries began to suffer and fall apart and “despite the rejection of 1869, Canadians authorities had, over the following two decades continued to make overtures to Newfoundland about joining confederation.”
The Confederation act of 1867 without question has had a major influence on the status of contemporary Canada. It has helped shape Canada into one of the worlds most politically and economically powerful countries; a country that is strong, independent, and united. There was a series of events which led to the confederation of Canada, some which are more significant than others. However, I believe that despite the significance of events such as the British encouragement of uniting its North American colonies, the central and key reason for confederation was the fear of potential American (Yankee) inhabitance (whether by persuasion or invasion) of the divided and vast British North American colonies, and the way that the “Fathers of Confederation” were able to take advantage of this situation and persuade reluctant colonies to join Confederation. A strong and united nation could not be easily invaded or bought. These essential factors will be discussed in the paragraphs to come.
A century ago, Canada was under control by the British Empire. The battles we fought the treaties we signed and the disputes we solved all helped us gain independence from our mother country “Britain”. Canadians fought a long battle protecting others, and from these battles we gained our peaceful reputation and our independence from Britain. Canada became a nation on July, 1st 1867. Although we were an independent country, our affairs and treaties were all still signed by Britain. In the next years Canada would establish its own government, and lead its own affairs. Many important events led to Canada’s independence, one of the earliest signals that Canada wanted to establish autonomy was the Chanak affair of 1921. In addition the battle of Normandy, which occurred on June 6 1944, contributed to the autonomy of Canada. The Suez Canal Crisis, which took place in the year 1956, earned Canada a place in the media spotlight, displaying Canada as a peaceful country that deserves the right to be independent. One of the final steps that aided with Canada’s independence from Britain was the Canada Act of 1982. Independence from Britain steadily increased throughout the 20th century because of political decisions made in Canada.
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