the first reason of confederation Flashcards
What is the First Reason for the Confederation?
The political deadlock that led to the Great Coalition in the United Province of canada
What is the Second Reason for the Confederation?
An intercolonial railway that connects colonies to increase trade and move troops
What is the Third Reason for the Confederation?
cancellation of the reciprocity treaty by the United States in 1865 ending limited free trade between British North America and the United states
What is the Fourth Reason for the Confederation?
An American expansion into British North American Land
What is the fifth Reason for the Confederation?
Great Britain wanted their colonies to be more self-efficient.
What is the sixth reason for the Confederation?
Some people in Canada West wanted to expand the settlement in Rupert’s Land and the North-West territories
What is a Political Deadlock?
a political Deadlock is where each region has equal seats in the joint legislative assembly, which makes it possible for one group to stop legislation that another group wants to pass.
What are the advantages of an intercolonial railway?
The advantages of an intercolonial railway are overcoming geographical obstacles, shorter distances between the colonies, speeding up mail delivery, increased trade, and moving troops quickly to one another.
What happened to British North America with the united state’s reciprocity treaty?
Well in 1865, The Americans ended the reciprocity treaty with British North America and people started to come together in British North America to trade with no tarrifs
What is Manifest Destiny?
An expansion belief based on the idea that all of the North American continents should belong to the united states.
Who are the Americans in the Red River Settlement.
The Americans in the red river settlement wanted to join the united states. Furthermore, the Americans in the Red River settlement and the American community of St paul Minnesota already had trade going on
Examples of arguments that are in favor of keeping the colonies
-Provide an opportunity for the British people to emigrate
-a source of raw materials and a market for manufactured goods
-The colonies would provide Britain with soldiers and military bases
Examples of arguments that are not in favor of the colonies.
-The colonies were a burden to British tax-payer
-British politicians wanted the colonies to be independent and pay for their defense and government.
What happened to the Good Available Farm Land?
The Good available Farm Land was dwindling and many people in Canada West looked to the lands to the west
What happened to the lands to the west?
The lands to the west were possible areas of settlement, but the Americans were also thinking about moving into the lands to the west. If the colonies of British North America joined together to annex the lands to the west, where they could settle before the Americans did.
