HIST261 Lecture Notes - Escheat, Charlottetown Conference, Central Canada
25 Feb 2014
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Recap: by the 1860"s britain wanted to downsize its empire as the administrative and defensive upkeep was becoming more expensive and feeling of britain and its resources being spread to thinly. Confederation of british north america (hereafter bna) would be a cheaper alternative for. Britain while still sort of retaining a foothold in north america(hereafter na) especially in terms of defense. Confederation also offered the opportunity for the british parliament to rid itself of any bna issues. The american civil war however while it did keep the americans busy resulted in a highly armed southern neighbour for the bna and the british were fearful of loosing their foothold in. Na if the just turned the canadas and maritimes loose. ". It was also noted that a united canada would require an intercontinental railway in order to effectively trade across the continent but also to defend it as a railway would allow for they speedy movement of troops.
