Factors That Led To The Federation Of 1901

Similar to the French and Spanish colonies, the British allied with Native Americans to gain power in North America. Meanwhile, many Native American groups grouped together in what the British called “tribes” in order to counter population decline and have some political power. The colonies were mostly autonomous and part of the South Atlantic System, which brought them economic growth.

By the 1860’s railways were being hailed as an answer to economic problems. Those people in the Maritimes who supported Confederation argued that a transcontinental railway would improve among the colonies and would also help to unify the country. Goods could be moved much

During the war, the colonists who were fighting, began to realize just how much they were deprived. The colonists observed how much more the British possessed and wanted the same since they were still Englishmen (Doc D). The English officials that came to lead in the colonies were not the most pleasant to work with and also were not superior listeners. The officers ignored what the colonists said, even if it was a colonial military leader. The colonial soldiers were seen as weak and inferior and were not respected by the officers. After the war, the taxes the colonists had to pay, also created new opinions in their minds (Doc G). Colonists began considering more about becoming separate from England and governing their own government. Revolutionaries propagated their ideas of disbanding as well. These theories created unity in the colonies but weakened the link between England and various colonists.

Australia became a commonwealth of the British Empire in 1901. It was able to take advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. Now, Australia has a prosperous Western-style capitalist economy, with a per capita GDP at the level of the four dominant West European economies. Rich in natural resources, Australia is a major exporter of agricultural products, minerals, metals, and fossil fuels.

Colonial governments applied tariffs (extra payments for imported goods) when goods were being transferred across borders. These taxes also created unnecessary tension between the colonies. Support would have grown towards Australia becoming a federation in order to remove restrictive trade taxes. People in the late 19th Century would have seen the benefits of creating a single market as strengthening the economy.

Following the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the American colonies remained wildly disparate in their aims and social composition. However, the end of salutary neglect saw increased cohesion among the various colonies as they banded together to resist British restrictions on rights. However, various factions within colonial society hindered a unified movement. While the colonists develop limited political, social, and economic unity based upon the rhetoric of revolution, on the eve of the American Revolution, significant barriers to complete colonial unity existed.

New England Confederation: The colonies of New England formed a military alliance, and its purpose was to unite the Puritan colonies together, but it fell apart after a year, and failed to accomplish most of the goals it originally set out to

Defence issues affected the colonies of British North America in a few different ways. One way Britain tried to defend its colonies was to station troops all over the world to make its colonies more safe, but this was very costly. They wanted cheaper ways to defend the colonies. Steam-powered ships made it easier to send troops all around the world and overseas. They decided to stick with this skeleton defence. The Fenians were a different problem that British North America had to face. The Fenians were an Irish organization that used armed force and weapons to try and gain independence from Britain. They did this because they felt that Britain had treated them poorly. The colonies of British North America thought that if they united, they

Although social and political controversies played a role, conflict between Great Britain and her Northern American colonies was mainly economic. After several wars across the world, Britain surfaced as the globes dominion. It had won against French and Spanish powers, which allowed them to receive a large part of the North American colonies. Consequently, they had also emerged with the most war debt. This had caused Britain to control the colonies from overseas. While British parliament created many laws and acts to pay the debt, the acts were not the only reason for conflict as there were also social and political controversies and differences between the Great Britain and her colonies.

The Australian Legal System was around the 1700’s when Britain brought its own legal system over when they were setting up the colonies in Australia. Over a century or so Britain began granting limited rights to set up a local legal system within the British colonies. They were granted this right, and were able to develop their own laws and legal systems. The passing of the Australian Constitution began an independent legal system that formed part of the governmental system in Australia, which took place in 1901, and while the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia was indeed an Act of the British Parliament, Britain's involvement in the Australian Government begun to decrease. However, there was minor propulsion for Australia to procure

On the 1st of January Australia became an independent nation when all the six colonies of Australia were allowed, by the British Parliament, to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia. On the 1st of January 1901 Australia went from being six separate colonies to one nation. This is known as federation. All six colonies agreed to become a nation. If we were to change the date of Australia Day I think that 1st of January would be a perfect date.

During the time, other countries’ was presence around the country, with the Russians in the Pacific, Germany in Papa New Guinea, and France colonizing New Carolina. Even though the colonies had armies in every town but according to a report made by the British Army’s Major – General Sir J. Bevan Edwards it said that “the colonies did not possess enough men, arms or even ammunition or provide adequate defense.” This report had strengthen the idea that the colonies needed to unite their troops to form one united army. Also with the fact that each colony’s navy had only one or two warship, if other navies were to come from sea, their navy won’t have enough power and size to defend the country. Finally with Asian countries like China and Japan with a great army, there were also fear that they would come invade the colonies, and that they would have absolutely no possibilities in defending the country. As Alfred Deakin, later to be Chief Secretary of Victoria had warned: 'The Asiatic wave which has threatened to engulf us is only suspended for a short time, but if the colonies do not federate our comparatively trifling white population will be swept before it like a feather'. All this gave the colonies all the reasons to unite the nation and unite the army.

How could a land that was used as a continental prison possibly become a new nation? Well, Thomas Keneally masterfully answers this question in his nonfiction A Commonwealth Of Thieves – The Improbable Birth of Australia. To tell the first four years of this treacherous journey, Keneally uses a plethora of centuries old anecdotal accounts originally written and told by the unfortunate colonials themselves. Soon after the success of the American Revolution, this historical beginning took place in the land of King George III.

Australia, a continent in between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean, had no territorial claims made until the 17th century when the East Coast was claimed by Great Britain in 1770. In 1829 all of Australia was claimed by the British and in 1901 Australia federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia. Located in the Southern Hemisphere, South of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and North of Antarctica, it is the sixth largest country in the world and mostly made of low plateau with deserts and fertile plain in the Southeast.The name ‘Australia’ is actually comes from the latin word Austrials meaning Southern.

Australia officially gained independence from Britain on the 1st January 1901 through a process known as Federation. The Six, British colonies united to form The Commonwealth of Australia, by the means of peaceful consensus. On the other hand, Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands on 17th August 1945, appointing the 1945 Constitution after many years of struggle. The Western style democracy that was originally effective in Australia, failed in Indonesia. The country’s large population lead to copious numbers of political parties that flooded the system, turning it weak and chaotic. For decades, citizens were desperately poor and inflation climbed. The next fifty years were ruled by 2 brutal dictators, President Sukarno and President Suharto. By 1957