Transcript Canadian Unification - my social studies class

Today’s goal(s) and how it
relates to your class goal.
Canadian Unification
►Early
History
►French
influence and British colony
►Canada Act of 1791 – creation of
Upper and Lower Canada
►Threats from United States
Canadian Unification
►Union
►Lord
Act of 1840
Dunham
►Needed to be able to protect from
threats from the United States
►Self-government – still a British colony
►United parliament
Canadian Unification
►North
American Act 1867
►Creation
of provinces under a
national parliament
►John McDonald
►Territorial expansion
Canadian Unification
►GOAL
►How
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well have I worked to achieve my goal
for today’s class?
►What can I do for the remainder of the
period to reach my goal(s) for today?
Canadian Unification
►The
Canadian Pacific Railway
►Completed
in 1887
►Other lines soon followed
►United the eastern parts of Canada
with the newly acquired western
provinces
Canadian Unification
►Relations
►Railroad
with U.S. after 1887
developed Canada into an
important economic power in North
America
►Forced the U.S. to accept Canada as an
independent northern neighbor
Canadian Unification
►Writing
►Even
assignment
though it was still an official
colony, the British allowed Canada to
develop on its own. Why did Britain
not try to dominate Canada like it
dominated the development in Africa?
Explain