The Early Years:
The Early Years:
Canada used to be made of the Upper & Lower Canada
Completed in the Constitutional Act of 1791
Upper Canada (Ontario)
From England
English speakers
Lowe Canada
French
Catholic Christianity
What Life Was Like?:
Family Compact
Not investing in the company
Rich families
10% of income were sent to church (tithes)
Led to 1817 Rebellion
William lyon mackenzie
To limit the government's power
Can only vote:
White
Rich & owns land
Lord Durham’s Report (1837)
Liberal sent by king to resolve rebellions
Said French & English are battling
Claims french have no culture
Should be destroyed
What did he want?
Untie the Canada’s by assimilating the French
Eliminate the clergy/ patronage
Create a responsible government
Responsible Government:
Government system:
Responsible to its citizens
Elected representation
Effective
Equal
By 1851
Have a responsible government in United Canada’s
Lead Up to Confederation:
People in the Canada’s wanted local governments to control local affairs
Not rich people in England
Capital City?
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Kingston
Ottawa
Ottawa it is
It is still in Upper Canada
John A. Macdonald:
Thought responsible Government is the solution
Runs for leadership on Canada
Represented by population
Pushes for other separate provinces to come together in a union to make a stronger Canada
Why Confederation:
Internal
Political Stalemate
Economic Success (Railway)
Developing & Settling the West
Why Confederation?:
Civil War
Trade Issues
Free movement of goods
Fenian raids
Irish Catholics attempted to conquer Canada through Manitoba
Confederation (July 1st, 1867)
Meeting in Charlottetown
John A & Oliver Mowait promoted idea of Transcontinental Nation
Approved July 1, 1867
2 governments
Municipal
Property
Civil rights
Central
Education
Health
Taxation
Railways
British Columbia (Des Cosmos) Wagon Trail
3 million people living in Canada
MacDonald's National Policy:
Build a railway
Raise tariffs (duty)
Promate immigration
Wilfrid Laurier:
Becomes prime minister
1896
French & catholic
Agrees with everything John A did
Except tariffs
Lowers rate from 30% to 12.5%
Offers of Empires
Gold was discovered in Alaska
Americans get there from British Columbia
Boer War:
1899 - 1900
Coming to Britain's defence
Volunteer basis fighting as British troops
1000 men
Laurier does not want a military
Continues to fight for Free Trade with United States
Angers Canadians in 1911
Laurier loses election
Borden becomes Prime Minister
Populating Canada:
CLIFFORD SIFTON
Minister of the interior
Job was to populate the west
People willing to become British
Open Door Policy
Offered 65 hectares of land for $1
Clifford Sifton:
Promotion of immigration was an immense success
Taking advantage of a strong economic recovery that made farming in the West more attractive
Established a vigorous organization
To seek out settlers in the US, Britain & east-central Europe
Against attacks by nativist
*** Primary trading partner at the times was not us, it was the great Britain ***
The Early Years:
Canada used to be made of the Upper & Lower Canada
Completed in the Constitutional Act of 1791
Upper Canada (Ontario)
From England
English speakers
Lowe Canada
French
Catholic Christianity
What Life Was Like?:
Family Compact
Not investing in the company
Rich families
10% of income were sent to church (tithes)
Led to 1817 Rebellion
William lyon mackenzie
To limit the government's power
Can only vote:
White
Rich & owns land
Lord Durham’s Report (1837)
Liberal sent by king to resolve rebellions
Said French & English are battling
Claims french have no culture
Should be destroyed
What did he want?
Untie the Canada’s by assimilating the French
Eliminate the clergy/ patronage
Create a responsible government
Responsible Government:
Government system:
Responsible to its citizens
Elected representation
Effective
Equal
By 1851
Have a responsible government in United Canada’s
Lead Up to Confederation:
People in the Canada’s wanted local governments to control local affairs
Not rich people in England
Capital City?
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Kingston
Ottawa
Ottawa it is
It is still in Upper Canada
John A. Macdonald:
Thought responsible Government is the solution
Runs for leadership on Canada
Represented by population
Pushes for other separate provinces to come together in a union to make a stronger Canada
Why Confederation:
Internal
Political Stalemate
Economic Success (Railway)
Developing & Settling the West
Why Confederation?:
Civil War
Trade Issues
Free movement of goods
Fenian raids
Irish Catholics attempted to conquer Canada through Manitoba
Confederation (July 1st, 1867)
Meeting in Charlottetown
John A & Oliver Mowait promoted idea of Transcontinental Nation
Approved July 1, 1867
2 governments
Municipal
Property
Civil rights
Central
Education
Health
Taxation
Railways
British Columbia (Des Cosmos) Wagon Trail
3 million people living in Canada
MacDonald's National Policy:
Build a railway
Raise tariffs (duty)
Promate immigration
Wilfrid Laurier:
Becomes prime minister
1896
French & catholic
Agrees with everything John A did
Except tariffs
Lowers rate from 30% to 12.5%
Offers of Empires
Gold was discovered in Alaska
Americans get there from British Columbia
Boer War:
1899 - 1900
Coming to Britain's defence
Volunteer basis fighting as British troops
1000 men
Laurier does not want a military
Continues to fight for Free Trade with United States
Angers Canadians in 1911
Laurier loses election
Borden becomes Prime Minister
Populating Canada:
CLIFFORD SIFTON
Minister of the interior
Job was to populate the west
People willing to become British
Open Door Policy
Offered 65 hectares of land for $1
Clifford Sifton:
Promotion of immigration was an immense success
Taking advantage of a strong economic recovery that made farming in the West more attractive
Established a vigorous organization
To seek out settlers in the US, Britain & east-central Europe
Against attacks by nativist
*** Primary trading partner at the times was not us, it was the great Britain ***