why bother?
DESCRIPTION
Why bother?. Factors for Confederation. Shape of the Class. Admin Current events Why bother? Group research Factors for Confederation Wrap-up. “Elbow room”. What might this mean for Canada?. Group work. Move into your colony groups - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WHY BOTHER?Factors for Confederation
Shape of the Class Admin Current events Why bother? Group research Factors for Confederation Wrap-up
“Elbow room” What might this mean for Canada?
Group work Move into your colony groups
You will receive a slip of paper with a factor that influenced the colonies in favour of Confederation
Using your text, explain what your factor is, how it influenced life for people in the colonies and why it would make them want to join together
Security Fenian raids
Irish American “freedom fighters”
Furious with the British Attacked the nearest British
colony
U.S.Civil War Britain traded with the
southern states Didn’t make the north very
happy
Security Manifest Destiny
The view held that America had the right to control all of North America
Gold Rush in BC Americans came
in huge numbers
Age of Rail Train were the
way of the future in the Victorian era
But they were expensive to build and maintain
Intercontinental railway Would link coast to coast, providing a
buffer against American settlement
Would encourage westward expansion
Link the Maritimes to central Canada’s manufacturing
Trade (with Britain) Corn Laws
Preferential treatment for Britain and colonies
No tariffs on cereal grains Repealed in 1846
U.S. is able to cut in and trade for much cheaper The colonies need to find additional trade
partners
Trade (with the U.S.) Reciprocity Agreement
10 year free trade deal signed in 1854 The U.S. declines to re-sign or extend in
1865
The colonies are then forced to look for new trade partners again Who else could they trade with?
Changing British Attitudes Britain is less and less interested in in
defending, supporting and propping up the colonies
Colonies must fend for themselves
Political deadlock A new federal government using rep by
pop would break the deadlock in Canada East and West
Is this a factor “for” or “against” confederation? For who?