Colony and their Challenges
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| Colony or Territory | Social Challenges | Economic Challenges | Political Challenges | Physical Challenges |
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| \n British Columbia | Diverse population leading to discrimination | Gold rush created unstable economy | James Douglas is governor and makes decisions | Rocky mountains were a barrierreally far away from the rest of the colonies |
| \n Rupert’s Land | home to many First Nations and fur traders creating tension \n \n | buffalo being over hunted | HBC owned the land no government | diverse landscape |
| \n Canada West | growing diverse population led to discrimination | couldn’t agree on capital | no reliable system of overland transportation | |
| \n Canada East | French wanted to preserve culture | couldn’t agree on capital | no reliable system of overland transportation | |
| \n Nova Scotia | preserving British culture \n \n \n | dependency on Canada for railways industry | strong ties to Britain, had economic interest in Canada because of railway | no direct access to Canada East or Canada West |
| \n New Brunswick | very pro Britain | dependency on timber industry | security concerns because they are loyalists bordering US | border with US |
| \n Prince Edward Island | locals wanted more control over land \n \n \n | local people lacked control | absentee landlords | smallest of all colonies |
| \n Newfoundland | no responsible government \n \n \n | fishing economy froze in winter | close ties to Britain | an island |
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