confederation shizzzzz

Question 1

in order to form a majority government, what did you have to do?

Answer 1

win a double majority

Question 2

what is a double majority?

Answer 2

a gvt that had the majority in the legislative assembly in both canada east and Canada wes.

Question 3

what happened in 1854?

Answer 3

the conservatives were the majority in lower canada and the minority in upper canada. they couldn’t have a majority government so they created a minority government.

Question 4

what is a minority government?

Answer 4

a gvt formed by a party that had less than 50% of the elected members in the legislative assembly. it governs with the support from other parties.

Question 5

what led to ministerial instability?

Answer 5

because neither the liberals nor conservatives won the majority in upper Canada, it made it difficult to run the colony.

Question 6

why did George brown suggest rep by pop?

Answer 6

Canada west’s population was bigger than canada east. if rep by bop would be put in place, canada west would have more seats.

Question 7

what is proportional representation?

Answer 7

a system in which the number of members elected to the legislative assembly had to be in proportion to the population of each region.

Question 8

why did George brown propose an alliance among the conservatives?

Answer 8

he thought but having an alliance it would end ministerial instability

Question 9

who was apart of the coalition government?

Answer 9

George Etienne cartier, john a macdonald, George brown

Question 10

what did the coalition government introduce?

Answer 10

confederation

Question 11

what is confederation?

Answer 11

the association of several states that delegate some of their powers to a central government while maintaining their political authority

Question 12

what was the Charlottetown conference?

Answer 12

representatives from pei, newbrusnwick and nova Scotia met to discuss the unionization of those colonies

Question 13

what was the result of the charlottetown conference?

Answer 13

the maritime provinces ended up joining the province of Canada

Question 14

what happened in the Quebec conference?

Answer 14

federalism was created, the 72 resolutions was created. the railway was linked to all the provinces

Question 15

what is federalism?

Answer 15

the power is divided between the 2 levels of gvt (federal and provincial)

Question 16

what is the 72 resolutions?

Answer 16

division of powers between federal and provincial

Question 17

why did Newfoundland and pei not like the idea of confederation?

Answer 17

because they were the least populated and would have the least members in the legislative assembly

Question 18

did nova Scotia agree to confederation?

Answer 18

only if a railway would be built between nova Scotia and canada

Question 19

what did upper canada think about confederation?

Answer 19

most legislative members supported it. rep by pop would benefit them.

Question 20

what did lower Canada think about confederation?

Answer 20

the bleus supported it and the rouges were opposed to it

Question 21

why were the rouges opposed to confederation?

Answer 21

they were scared that the French would lose their influence

Question 22

how come confederation ended up passing for the province of canada?

Answer 22

because the three other political parties wanted it

Question 23

what happened in the London conference?

Answer 23

people from British North America went to London to get approval for confederation. they made a bill based on the 72 resolutions

Question 24

why did each colony join confederartion?

Answer 24

pei- they were in debt
Nova Scotia- railway was built between nova Scotia and canada
province of canada- mostly everyone wanted it because rep by pop would help them