History Unit 3 Flashcards
What are all six reasons for confederation?
- Political Deadlock
- Threat of American Expansion
- Cancellation of The Reciprocity Treaty
- Great Britain wanted her colonies to be more self sufficient
- The United Province of Canada wanted to expand settlement into Rupert’s Land and The North West Territories
- Creating an Inter Colonial Railway linking all the colonies
Explain and summarize Political Deadlock
Who was involved? What was it?
Who was involved?
- Canada East and Canada West
What was it?
- No laws were being passed because there was lack of compromise between the French and British sides of the legislative assembly
- The answer was a whole new system of Government that would break the stand-off
Why did it happen?
- There was equal representation on both sides of the government that was created by the Durham report tha
suggested uniting Upper and Lower Canada into the United Province of Canada @ This lead to frequen
elections and changes in government
- The politicians of both Canada East and West wanted to form a Federal union that would allow both sides to
have a Provincial govemment along with a Central government (Federalism)
- The sents of the Central government would be based on Rep by Pop
- The coalition started to wonder if the other British colonies would also join in a Federal Union
Explain and summarize Threat of American Expansion
Who was involved?
Why were the British afraid of an American Invasion?
Who was involved?
- Americans and all the B.N.A. colonies
Why was this a reason for Confederation?
- The colonies would have a better chance of defending themselves if they joined together
Why were the British afraid of an American Invasion?
- The Americans wanted revenge for British support of the South in the American Civil war
- The Americans wanted to expand their control of Land in North America
Summarize and explain the Cancellation of The Reciprocity Treaty
Who was involved?
- The United States and the British colonies
What was it?
- This was an agreement between the British worrier ferican Colonies and the U.S
that they would exchange goods across the border freely without placing
their goods
- It was cancelled in 1865 by the Americans as revenge for British involvemenin
U.S. Civil War
- This was a problem because the colonies traded more with U.S. than they did with themselves and now the colonies’ economies would suffer
- Joining together in Confederation would solve this problem because they would increase trade between themselves
Summarize and explain Great Britain wanted her colonies to be more self sufficient
- The Monarchy (King) in Britain was trying to decide the value of the British Calon
Some advisors felt that the British Colonies were a burden and a drain on the pr
taxpayers - Other advisors believed the British Colonies were still a valuable source of ra
materials and wealth
Summarize and explain The United Province of Canada wanted to expand settlement into Rupert’s Land and The North West Territories
- Good available Farmland was in short supply in Canada West
- Immigrants were still making their way into the country fromEurope and they need land to settle
- There was a great FEAR that if the United Province of Canada did not expand that the AMERICANS would take over the land and become an even greater threa
British Colonies
Summarize and explain Creating an Inter Colonial Railway linking all the colonies
- The United Province of Canada offered to build a Railway to link all the ca
incentive for the colonies as an incentive for the colonies to join in Confederation - They highlighted how this would benefit all the Colonies in terms of protection against the Americans by making the movement of troops easier if one Colony were to ever be attacked by The Americans
- They also highlighted the economic benefit to all the colonies to promote trade
between the colonies… with a railway they would be able to transfer goods and
products back and forth between the colonies - The building of the railway would be a shared cost with all the colonies benefiting
What are the reasons for confederation ALONG with the organizer info
- Political Deadlock- The Elements of Building a Nation is: Government
Some - Threat of American Expansion- The Elements of Building a Nation is: Identity
Everyone - Cancellation of The Reciprocity Treaty - The Elements of Building a Nation is: Economy
Everyone - Great Britain wanted her colonies to be more self sufficient - The Elements of Building a Nation is: Laws
Everyone - The United Province of Canada wanted to expand settlement into Rupert’s Land and The North West Territories - The Elements of Building a Nation is: Geographic Boundaries
Everyone - Creating an Inter Colonial Railway linking all the colonies- The Elements of Building a Nation is: Citizenship
Everyone
What are the challenges of a compromise?
- No one wants change
- Different beliefs/values
- Different experiences
- ✨Neither side wants to “give more”
- Too many different ideas/choices
- Different ideas/opinions
- Different interest/needs
What are the strategies used to reach compromise?
- Share ideas
- Debate and discuss
- Listen to understand what the other side “wants” and “needs” are
- Find common ground
- Brainstorm a variety of options/choices
- Exchange/make offers that reflect the need for “give and take”
- Decide and agree on a “fair and balanced” solution so both sides come out as “WINNERS”
What does Coalition, Federalism and Manifest Destiny mean?
Coalition - two sides joining together - political parties making one government
Federalism- Wanted to form a federal union that would allow both sides to have a provincial government along with a Central government
Manifest Destiny - Americans believed it was their right to control all of North America and spread their Democratic system of government. The Americans attempted to overpower the colonies many times (War 1812, Fabian raids, American revolution)
What are the “Big Ideas” from unit 3?
- Not all Canadians enjoyed the same rights and privileges in the colonies of British North America.
- People in Canada had different reactions to the proposed creation and expansion of “Canada”.
- This was an era of major political and economic change, which affected various groups in Canada in different ways.
