American Pageant Dbq

It was the initiative of the Maritime Provinces that first created the concept of union. Leaders of Prince Edward Island, New

Following the United States’ independence from Great Britain, the Articles of Confederation were formed in order to hold the country together politically. The Articles proved inefficient, as Congress couldn’t collect taxes or regulate interstate commerce, the government couldn’t raise an army, there was no national currency and most importantly, there was no central government. But the spark that triggered Americans’ realization that they needed to call a constitutional convention happened after an event in Massachusetts in 1786, called Shays’ Rebellion.

Firstly, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was a significant prime minister in the view of the fact that

The road to confederation was the making of Canada it was the joining of Canadian colonies. The British colonies wanted to make one large British North America. Many people were with the idea and many people were against it this essay will discuss why people were against it. The threat of american expansion into canada happened because the Americans were against the confederation of 1867. Documents 1, 7 will be used as evidence to support the idea of how people were against the confederation.

About 150 years ago, all the different colonies of British North America joined confederation on July 1, 1867. Although confederation took place, a lot of people were not in favor of it. The first reason that led to confederation was political deadlock because colonies such as Canada East and Canada West did not agree on how things should be run. They decided that if they get the other colonies involved, then they may be able to agree more when making decisions. The second reason for confederation was the need for rail links. This railway was needed because it would help improve trade, defense, and communication amongs the colonies. The third reason for confederation

The London Conference: The London Conference undoubtedly led to Confederation due to the fact that it was when the Fathers of Confederation from Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia journeyed to England to make Confederation official. This was called the British North America Act, which ended their placement as individual British

The BNA was passed through British Parliament in 1867, and is the Act that produced Canadian Confederation. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada were integrated as ‘one Dominion’.The BNA was passed to set legal bylaws for the new country, and to outline the provincial and federal government's responsibilities of Canada, and consists of other laws (i.e., Legal and Equality Rights, Fundamentals of Freedom) and acts that amended or added to the original Act as Canada became independent. Sir John A. MacDonald being a leading figure in the discussions and conferences which resulted in the BNA and the creation of Canada, also resulted in MacDonald becoming Canada’s first Prime Minister.

Trudeau was disliked by many Quebec nationalists. In 1982, Trudeau passed the Constitution Act. The Constitution Act mainly did two things, it added the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and allowed Canada

As one of the wealthiest merchants in mid-19th-century Newfoundland, Bennett campaigned that the proposed federation as something that would bring great financial disadvantage. The anti-confederate opinion was that mainlanders would impose an increase in taxation and design a federal tariff for their own industries’ benefit; increasing the cost of doing business and interfering with their relations to the United States. Without any solid evidence that confederation would be of an advantage to their economy and their colony, he apprehended and publically announced that they (the residents of Newfoundland) will be more than doubly taxed on top of the present 20% taxation on imports from Britain, for the benefit of the “profligate Canadians”.

This was done during the Act of Union, signed in 1841. Both Canadian sides, Lower Canada and Upper Canada, had the same goal of reducing British rule. Each side also believed that they were not strong enough alone and if they did not work together, a responsible Canadian government could not be achieved. This is when the idea of a rebellion began, along with the courtyard fight. Ordinary people living a normal life that had a problem with the taxes and government rule decided to form a group with politicians to try to overthrow the government.

Millions of Patriots had risked their lives for many decades to fight for their independence to get away from the tyrannical Great Britain who tended to abused their powers. Patriots were fed up with the British government who had overwhelmed colonist to pay for an absurd amount of taxes which was a reason why Americans gain their independence in the first place and created a new nation. However, what they did not expect from their new nation was that it resembled to the Great Britain. The new nation was now facing similar problems that the people experienced in Great Britain. One example was when state legislatures began increasing taxes in order, to pay off the large debts after the war. The confederation had many strength and weakness.

George Brown wanted true representation by population. The current situation was that both Canadas had the same amount of seats in the parliament, but both Canadas also couldn’t agree on anything, leading to little decisions being made. They couldn’t agree because Canada West was English-speaking while Canada East was French-speaking, and the decisions that had to be made affected both Canadas. Therefore, they both had different opinions. So in the end, George Brown joined a coalition (an alliance that is made to get things done) with John A. Macdonald (Canada West) and George Étienne Cartier (Canada East) to form the Dominion of Canada (established July 1st 1867). In the end, George Brown’s idea, true representation by population, became the form of government that Canada uses

It is true that provinces did have access to public funding, from proportional grants or by giving the minority the right to tax its own membership. Currently, only 3 provinces still require separate funding for Catholic schools, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. In the British North America Act, now known as the Constitution Act of 1867, it gives provinces the right to make laws which govern education. Section 93 still applies directly to Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia however only Ontario had denominational education rights bestowed to them by the law. Due to constitutional amendments, denominational school systems no longer exist in Quebec. When Ontario proposed amendments to Bill 30 to provide full funding to Roman Catholic High Schools in Ontario, the courts went in favour of the respondent, the Attorney General of Ontario and dismissed the appeal , declining the request of Ontario to have full funding to its Roman Catholic High Schools.

32). This election tore apart Canada. Party meetings were full of heated arguments and disputes. While the French-

D. What do you think the role of the united states should be addressing in this