Industrial Railway History Timeline

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

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.

First and foremost, the idea of having a railway built throughout Canada was already in existence long before 1881. However, it was not until Confederation was passed on July 1, 1867 when “[The railway’s] realization was found to be a political necessity” (Leary, 5). In other words, Confederation did not just mark the date in history where the federal Dominion of Canada was born, but, it had also opened the doors necessary to make the project a reality. Clearly, there was much more to Confederation than met the eye, and “as part of the deal, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were promised a railway to link them with the two Central Canadian provinces – Quebec and Ontario” (Canadian Pacific). By 1871, Manitoba and British Columbia had also joined the Confederation. At this point,

Canada was rushed into Confederation way too soon and has had problems due to this. Although through these past hundred fifty years, Canada has survived and is still going strong. Confederation started on July 1st, 1867 when three British Colonies came together to become four provinces. Although Canada went through Confederation, it is not a confederate association; it is a federal state which is not the supposed meaning of Confederation. Canada has evolved majorly since Confederation back in 1867.

Also, In 1937, The first Métis-specific organization is formed in Canada, The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan. This event helps the Métis to be unified.

Fifteen thousand men. One thousand- two hundred dead. Twenty thousand pounds of bones. One thousand, seven hundred and fifty- six miles of railways. The creation of the transcontinental railroad began in 1863. It originated in the northern states and made its way to the west. Nobody knew that one day this new technology would lead to the future that we live today. During the time that the railroad was in the process of being created, many things were escalating in the US, all for the best. The Transcontinental Railroad transformed the United States more economically by creating new opportunities, improving transportation, and boosting imports and exports.

In the early 1870s American traders came from America into the Northwest of Canada and they were causing troubles for the Canadian government. While most Canadian traders were under the control of

Samuel de Champlain founded Port-Royal in 1605, as the first New France settlement along the coast of east Canada. Three years later, he founded Quebec. In 1627, the homeland government ordered than only Catholics could live in New France, slowing its growth

George Etienne Cartier of the Parti Blue often clashed with John A. MacDonald’s Conservative Party as political issues in terms of the power that was the shared under the new Constitution. In this political conflict, Cartier’s primarily Francophone political base had historically been marginalized by the British government due to ethnic conflicts with Anglophones in Ontario. The Union Act of 1840 was a major barrier to resolutions related to forming a federal government, since British colonialism was still at the forefront of arguments about the autonomy of Quebec as a primarily Francophone region (Lamonde 244). This division of “Upper and Lower Canada” had become endemic of the distrust of a government dominated by the Royal Crown, which had sought to amalgamate Quebec into the new federal

In 1608, France established Quebec. The leader was Samuel de Champlain "Father of New France".

On May 10th, 1869, a large crowd gathered at Promontory Point, Utah to celebrate the completion of one of the most impressive engineering feats of the 1800’s: the Pacific Railroad. After six years of grueling work, millions of dollars spent, and many battles against Native Americans fought, sea to shining sea was finally connected by two ribbons of iron. The United States was transformed by the new railroad: Masses of immigrants flocked out to the newly connected territories in pursuit of better lives, towns cropped up over night along the route, and an agricultural empire was born as farming machinery was brought to the fertile western plains of the United States. The profoundly positive impact the railroad had on the United States came at a great cost, however. The more than 12,000 Chinese immigrant workers of the transcontinental railroad were treated poorly and unjustly throughout construction, and Native American empires in the plains laid in ruins from the white-American military and pioneers that induced conflict with indigenous people and the government that annexed their lands. These negative consequences of American progress force a question to be asked; did the socioeconomic benefits the Pacific Railroad brought to white American citizens justify the unequal respect and maltreatment given to the Chinese immigrant workers and the Native American tribes? This is the question this essay will answer, as it examines the role the Chinese workers had in

Baker, Melvin. “The Tenth Province, Newfoundland Joins Canada, 1949.”Newfoundland’s Confederation 1949. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2013.

A. In June of 1869, the Canadian parliament passed an act for temporary control of Rupert’s Land (present day Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Alberta, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories).

Canadian football was first known as Canadian Rugby Football Union and that was created in 1884 on the 7th of february

It took a lot of persuading the leaders but they finally agreed. And then there was a lot of worrying and arguing and discussing. But on July 1st 1867 canada became a country and John A. Mcdonald became prime minister. But the troubles were not over british columbia wouldn't join canada.