Transcript Reasons of Confederation

Reasons for Confederation
Justin Lim
Part One
Most Impacting
• They needed to work out a different
system of government to help solve the
problem between the English and French
speaking representatives of Canada, who
all had different priorities. This made it
difficult to pass important laws.
Same Topic As Before.
• In some colonies, especially Canada East
and Canada West; there was one
government problem after another. A new
way of deciding, with one central
government to deal with local issues, was
needed to help make government more
stable within the colonies.
Very Impacting
• From 1854-1865 there was free trade
between the British colonies and the
United States under the Reciprocity
Treaty. This allowed agricultural and raw
products to be sold without the high
tariffs being paid. In 1865, the United
States ended the treaty. The colonies
thought if they joined and traded
together, they would have a better
economy.
Somewhat Impacting
• As most colonies grew, they needed to
build inter-colonial railroads and roads,
which costed a hefty amount of money. If
several colonies combined, they would
have more taxes and money to pay off
their debts.
Inter-Colonial railway at Nova Scotia
Impacting
• There was the threat of American
expansion. The United States were rich
and powerful, and they were looking for
new land. They wanted to take over
Canada. The United States were trying to
convince many of the Canadians, who
were American immigrants, that this was a
good idea.
Important
• There was a group of Catholics from
Ireland who wanted to abolish British rule
over Ireland. Since Britain could not be
attacked directly and the United States
were no longer part of Britain, they were
to attack Canada. Canada though if they
became independent, they would be able
to avoid this conflict.
Battle between the Fenians and British soldiers that took place 1866
Relevant
• Not long after the United States gained
independence in 1783, the states became
involved in a war amongst themselves.
The colonies in Canada did not want any
more wars, and by being led by one strong
central government, they might avoid
further wars.
Less Impacting
• Canada West was running out of good
farmland and wanted to settle into the
lands to the west (Rupert’s Land and the
North West Territories). But, the
Americans also wanted the land. So by
joining together, they thought they could
settle before the Americans did.
Least Impacting
• Britain wanted to become less involved in
the government of their colonies and
wanted their colonies to become more
independent as it was very time
consuming.
Why though?
Part Two
Most Impacting
• They needed to work out a different
system of government to help solve the
problem between the English and French
speaking representatives of Canada, who
all had different priorities. This made it
difficult to pass important laws.
Same Topic As Before.
• In some colonies, especially Canada East
and Canada West; there was one
government problem after another. A new
way of deciding, with one central
government to deal with local issues, was
needed to help make government more
stable within the colonies.
Very Impacting
• From 1854-1865 there was free trade
between the British colonies and the
United States under the Reciprocity
Treaty. This allowed agricultural and raw
products to be sold without the high
tariffs being paid. In 1865, the United
States ended the treaty. The colonies
thought if they joined and traded
together, they would have a better
economy.
Somewhat Impacting
• As most colonies grew, they needed to
build inter-colonial railroads and roads,
which costed a hefty amount of money. If
several colonies combined, they would
have more taxes and money to pay off
their debts.
Impacting
• There was the threat of American
expansion. The United States were rich
and powerful, and they were looking for
new land. They wanted to take over
Canada. The United States were trying to
convince many of the Canadians, who
were American immigrants, that this was a
good idea.
Important
• There was a group of Catholics from
Ireland who wanted to abolish British rule
over Ireland. Since Britain could not be
attacked directly and the United States
were no longer part of Britain, they were
to attack Canada. Canada though if they
became independent, they would be able
to avoid this conflict.
Relevant
• Not long after the United States gained
independence in 1783, the states became
involved in a war amongst themselves.
The colonies in Canada did not want any
more wars, and by being led by one strong
central government, they might avoid
further wars.
Less Impacting
• Canada West was running out of good
farmland and wanted to settle into the
lands to the west (Rupert’s Land and the
North West Territories). But, the
Americans also wanted the land. So by
joining together, they thought they could
settle before the Americans did.
Least Impacting
• Britain wanted to become less involved in
the government of their colonies and
wanted their colonies to become more
independent as it was very time
consuming.
So What?
• There might be a more impacting reasons
of confederation than the other, but I
believe they all played a role in creating
this 10 province and 3 territory country.
No matter how small, I think they all
made a little difference in the exact
outcome.