History 2201E Lecture : nov 28.pdf
11 Dec 2012
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Trent affair : american ship, americans on the ship forcibly remove two southern american confederalist politicians on their way to england, england says if they are not released, they threaten war. Annexation: think the n that parts of ca will be good to annex in us, during manifest destiny in us, failed to get ca to believe it should continue trading n and s. November 28, 2012: if they did have some sort of confederation, lots of rupert"s land could be transferred to them. Other reasons: british investors, colonial common goals, deadlock in the united provinces. Great coalition : original coalition is ended, elected government is dissolved, brown; macdonald; cartier; mowat, brown, incorporation of rupert"s land, representation by population (in favour of the ca w) Maritime union: don"t have ethnic tension like ca w, motivated by: 72 resolutions: proposed, each premier bring back to their government to accept or reject, approval for confederation is narrow in qc.
