end of unit 1 Flashcards
what is national policy?
American businesses were competing with Canada
the price of raw materials was decreasing
this deprived Canada of a major source of revenue because agriculture and lumber were important to the economy.
MacDonald created a national policy to encourage industrial development
what was the objective of national policy?
objectives were to protect Canadian businesses from American competitors and to increase settlement in the west in order to develop domestic market.
what were the 3 components of national policy? what were they for?
- increased customs duties-> this is to protect Canadian businesses and increase domestic economy
- expansion of the rail network -> this is to increase settlement in the west and to increase domestic economy within canada.
- population growth through immigration to western canada -> this is to increase settlement in the west and to increase domestic economy within canada.
what was the point of the expansion of the rail network?
this helped link the provinces and increase trade
it went from the trans-continental railway to the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
- this also increased settlement in the west and also increased domestic economy within canada.
what was the point of increasing customs duties after national policy?
the products being manufactured in the USA were cheaper because they were higher production and more business there.
they had protectionist tariffs
they were trying to convince Canadians to buy from canada instead of the USA
the main idea is that they were trying to protect Canadian businesses and increase the domestic economy
after national policy they started to increase immigration to the west. why?
this is because they grow enough wheat to feed the Canadian population, the market is goods made in Canadian factories and they manufacture more goods for foreign export.
in short, they tried to increase settlement in the west and increase domestic economy
describe the distribution of Canadas population and why they wanted people settling in the west from national policy time?
the population was unevenly distributed
Ontario and Quebec made up 75% of the population
the government tried to attract people to the west so they can offset the cost of the railway and increase domestic market.
what happened with the political life at the end of the 19th century?
there was tension between the federal government and the provinces.
the issue was the division of jurisdictions and tac revenue
who was Wilfred Laurier and what was happening during his time?
Wilfred laurier was the first French Canadians prime insurer.
during his Tim period there was a change of political and economic life.
he encouraged people to abandoned divisions between French and English and encouraged Canadian unity.
how did macdonals government increase settlement in the west? what started to happen?
they promised future immigrants like the British 160 acres of farmland
the railroad allowed people to settle. the population quadrupled in 20 years and many people from Eastern Europe immigrated. however the population was still mostly in the east.
what was a more decentralized federation?
by the end of the 19th century, some court judgements granted tax revenues to the provinces
the federal government couldn’t enrich on provincial jurisdictions
provinces maintained control over health and education…
the federal government can only intervene in the event of a crisis.
what was Honore mercies Canadian nationalism?
mercier was the provincial governmen
mercier was the premier of quebect
- the riel affair and other events like this shocked people and caused them to revoke the right to separate schools in New Brunswick and Manitoba
people believed that the federal government wasn’t protecting the rights of the French outside Quebec.
the French Canadians were trying to protect the French language and culture
mercier defended the French Canadian nationalism and provincial rights.
who was mercies and what was the first interprovincial conference?
honore mercier was the premier of Quebec. he organized the first interprovincial conference to defend the autonomy of the provinces
representatives from all the provinces but BC and PEI met
they deme\anded that federal government respects their jurisdictions and demanded a greater share of the tax revenue
