British Influence On Canada

The British parliament passed four policies during 1765 to 1767, Stamp Act, Quartering Acts, Townshend Duty Act and Declaratory Act. They were all approved after French and Indian War. Because of the British troops won the battle with French in North American in 1763, as a matter of course British took place lands that had belonged to France. In order to control these lands well, British government passed these four laws. But these laws didn’t achieve the desired results.

England was a very competitive country when it came to colonization. It wanted to be known mostly for the power it had as well as its success. England wanted to maintain its reputation as the leading country by establishing greater control over its land. In the North American colonies, it wasn’t until after the French and Indian war in 1763 that England really tried to totally establish control over the colonies. England tried to establish control by imposing taxes, controlling trade, and by establishing the proclamation of 1763. Despite these steps they took to establish control, they were not ultimately successful.

Beginning in 1651, the English government from time to time passed laws regulating certain aspects of the commercial and general economic life of the colonies. Some of these were beneficial to America, but most favored England at America's expense. Generally, the colonists ignored those that were most detrimental. The British occasionally aroused themselves and tried to secure better enforcement, but efforts along these lines were invariably short-lived, the authorities quickly falling back into a policy of "salutary neglect. (O'Mahony, Benedict. "The Colonial Period." N.p., n.d. Web. 29 June

Despite this, there was very little political representation of the colonies in British parliament (only 5 MP’s), instead colonial agents in London would warn colonies of pending changes affecting their interests. However, this worked both ways as there were also British agents working in America to warn the British government, many of these agents worked for both sides. Royal charters created strong ties between the colonies and the crown, at times strengthening the relationship. The British Privy council was in charge of colonial legislation and usually accepted things proposed by the colonies, they rejected only 55 colonial measures between 1691 and 17770, this suggested a strong trust between the colonies and Britain. Due to the physical distance between Britain and its colonies, Britain had to use a state of ruling called salutary neglect, because of this America enjoyed a state of autonomy.

This act occurred on July 1st, 1867 the law The British North America Act is important in Canadian history because it is the 1867 Act which officially created the new country of Canada by joining together the four provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia legal in Confederation. This legislation, passed by the British Parliament, created Canada as a new making it its own today. Therefore Canada is an independent country that must not listen to anyone but themselves.

The English colonies played a major role in progressing the history of the world as well as the national stature of the British who held at being one of the most dominant powers. These colonies established in the New World were not all created for the same reasons hence the initial separation with the only connection coming from past history that intertwined with Europe and eventually from providing raw materials to the Mother Country (Europe). This initial separation explains the individualistic mentality that runs across all colonies. Ranging from religious discrepancies to political/ economic differences. In other words, the main goal was self-protecting and preservation. However, this would not guarantee the brightest of futures. Establishing

While the actions Britain committed were somewhat extreme, the colonies still belonged to Britain, thus they had to abide to the laws set forth by

Initially, the British restricted all colonial power and heavily

In practice though, this enabled Britain to make new laws such as; The Royal Proclamation of 1763, which limited expansion and exploration abilities, there was also the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act and others. With all of these new acts and laws “forced up on [the colonists they] felt as if Britain was holding them back and [was] trying to hold them down from succeeding by themselves.”

spanned around the globe. Britain’s colonial empire, in the making since the early 1700’s, still

For example, the original thirteen colonies that Britain established on North America’s east coast have gone on to become the world’s main superpower, the United States of America. Britain’s colony in China, Hong Kong, has gone on to become Asia’s premiere financial center with Singapore (another British jewel) trailing just behind. Even Britain’s prisoners set up the only first-world country in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia! Compare this to Spain’s imperial efforts, for example Mexico is the only third world country in North America and has always struggled to overcome a legal system plagued with corruption. Why is it that the British colonies were so successful and the colonies of other countries such failures in comparison? I feel the answer to that is British law. British law has been a keystone in these colonies success. Their political ideals have helped sculpt the success stories of the modern world, albeit there have been some failures such as India and Rhodesia where there were civilians revolting against their new leaders. The British education system helped produce a new class of educated Africans and Asians that were able seek employment once they had completed their schooling.

However that changed after the end of the French and Indian war. The British losses were extremely heavy and it would hardly by able to defend itself if war was to brake out. Therefore England did not have a sufficient armed force to enforce its laws.

The British crown even had the right to overturn any law that the colonist made by using the Royal Veto

As most Canadians may know, the land we know now as Canada was once the property of Britain and France- the countries that originally colonized Canada. After Canada was officially formed in 1867 and even prior to that event, there was much division among the Anglophone and Francophone populations, though a strong desire for freedom from the British Empire ran on both sides.

For many decades, writers and authors have accused the American influence on Canada as one of the reasons why Canada is losing its heritage, with one major aspect being the game of hockey. The institutionalization of American Culture began to take root in Canada during the late 1920’s and 1930s as technological advances, specifically the invention of the radio, allowed Canadians to enjoy American entertainment. American stations were much more reliable than Canadian ones, causing American sporting stations such as NBC and CBS to become extremely popular in Canada (Gruneau et al, 1993). As Canada was becoming intertwined with the United States (U.S.), it was becoming less of a satellite of Britain, which made it tremendously difficult for Canada’s elite to protect British ideals such as self-improvement and participating in sport for the game’s sake. (Gruneau et al, 1993). In the early 1940’s, after the great depression forced many franchises to dismantle, the National Hockey League (NHL) was left with six teams, which made up the famous “original six.” At this time, America had a strong influence on the game, as four of the original six teams were based in the United States, and all of the players in league were paid in American dollars (Gruneau et al, 1993). By the early 1960’s, televised sports were emerging in North America, and NHL players were becoming mainstream stars. Inspired by this, along with the threat of the NHL losing its television contract to the Western