HIST261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Quebec Resolutions, Free-Trade Area, Socioeconomics
15 Oct 2018
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How should we understand confederation: province of canada: Newfoundland song: economic concerns, worried the(cid:455) (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to britai(cid:374, will get lost, our concerns wont be heard. Factors pointing towards confederation in the province of canada: desire for change in political systems, representation by population, seats in government would represent the number of people in the east and. John a. macdonald: 1815-1891, scottish, lawyer, elected to the canada west assembly in 1844, premier in 1857, george brown, 1818-1880, scottish, elected to the canada west assembly in 1851, rival to mac donald. Journalist: george- tienne cartier, 1813-1873, french, lawyer, elected to canada west assembly in 1848, ally of macdonald. Negotiations leading to confederation: charlottetown, september 1864, originally intended as a conference on maritime union, but became discussion of a wider union. London, 1866: confirms the arrangements set in quebec resolutions.
