HIST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Grand Trunk Railway, John Palliser, Simon James Dawson

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Doing well trading with brazil, the west indies, etc. So there is a lot of opposition to confederation, seen in popular culture of the time. Hampered by a recession in 1872 and a heavy debt load built up before. Also had been hurt by the end of the reciprocity agreement in 1866. Farmers were unable to sell goods, hurting the economy badly. Proposed government funding for roman catholic schools and got catholic support. Stressed that the only alternative was total economic failure. Got their debt load assumed by the federal government and a substantial land grant (annual) bought off land from absentee landowners. Owned land from afar and didn"t invest in it so confederation helped encourage development. Vancouver island and british columbia were tied more to britain than canada. Hbc were from britain and most colonists were more connected to the pacific and even. After gold rushes ended, the colonists were in decline economically.

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