THe confederation

Question 1

• Colony, Province, Dominion, Sovereign Nation… What’s the difference?

Answer 1

• The difference is the amount of independence it has.
• A Colony is least independent, while a Sovereign nation is completely independent.

Question 2

Between a Colony, Province, Dominion, and Sovereign Nation define the difference of a Colony

Answer 2

Colony - No independence
- no self rule, or representation in a government .
- a possesion of a Sovereign Nation
- (Great Britain)

Question 3

Between a Colony, Province, Dominion, and Sovereign Nation define the difference of a Province

Answer 3

• Province - More independent than Colonies.
• Have elected representatives in an assembly
• They run the province, but the mother-country is in charge.
• Could not pass own laws.
• People are citizens of Britain

Question 4

Between a Colony, Province, Dominion, and Sovereign Nation define the difference of a Dominion

Answer 4

Dominion- a semi autonomous country.
-A union of provinces under one government.
-Confederation of provinces creates on country.
-But Canada would still be knows as a Dominion because it could not pass laws without British approval. Canada would not have it’s own foreign policy(Still under the British Crown).
-Even today, the head-of-state of Canada is Charles III

Question 5

Between a Colony, Province, Dominion, and Sovereign Nation define the difference of a Sovereign Nation

Answer 5

A very big country with the uopmost authority over all territories that they own. (Great Britain)

Question 6

How Politics Were “Running” before Confederation.
Canada as a Province.

Answer 6

• In the years before Confederation (1867), Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec), were colonies but had recently graduated to provinces.
• The two were united into the new province of Canada

Question 7

What were Canada’s elected representatives

Answer 7

• The province of Canada had an assembly of elected representatives.
• Each elected member belonged to a particular party
• Tories (Part Bleu)- Today’s conservatives
• Grits (Parti Rouge)- Today’s Liberals

Question 8

The Problem with the province of Canada

Answer 8

• Problem?
• The two parties were so evenly matched that nothing could get done.
• It was like an even tug-of-war match.

No side could get anything done when they were in charge! this is known as Political Deadlock

Question 9

What is a Non-Confidence Vote?

Answer 9

• Non-Confidence Vote:
  -There was a rule in the assembly that stated that if the majority of the members did not support the ruling party, then they could call in a Non-Confidence Vote
• If the majority voted to kick out the ruling party, the next strongest party would take over.

Question 10

What did the problem with the deadlocks and the Non-Confidence vote mean?

Answer 10

• It was way too ineffecient, too broken, and it needed to be fixed.
• Canadians were sensing that more independence would be needed.

Question 11

What were the reasons for choosing Ottawa as a capital?

Answer 11

• Far from the U.S border.
• Good water transportation
• On the border with Canada East (Quebec) and Canada west (Ontario).