Unit 3: Confederation Flashcards
The Great Coalition
Joining of French Canada Conservatives, English Canada Conservative and English Canadian Reformers
John A. Macdonald
Created National Policy and CPR. Chief author of 72 Resolutions.
Georges Etienne Cartier
Parti Blue of Canada’s. He had support of the Catholic Church.
Leonard Tilley
Premier of New Brunswick that brought them into confederation.
Charles Tupper
Premier of Nova Scotia that brought them into confederation.
Manifest Destiny
Americans belief that they were meant to rule North America.
Cancellation of Reciprocity
Helped push us towards conversation and all sourced to the national policy.
Quebec Conference
Presented the 72 resolutions and chief author was MacDonald. It was shut down because it was like a unitary state and wouldn’t work for Canada. Instead federal system was agreed upon.
72 Resolutions
Laid framework for Canadian confederation at Quebec conference. Basis of London Conference.
British North America Act 1867
Created Canada as a new, self-governing federation. It distributed the different powers to each level of government.