HISB40H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pass Laws, Newfoundland And Labrador, Religious Education In Primary And Secondary Education
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Desire for expansion (the desire to grow - within the colonies) Imperial pressures (less need for the empire to provide protection, more op- portunity to grow financially) Crashed by the canada"s - originally held by the atlantic territories. They liked the idea of a federation and the power to pass law between two different levels of government. Eu that has a central legislature with very sovereign states. (used the example of the us civil war) Used the time period from 1776-1789 in the us where the confedera- tion that was immaturely established and the decentralized federation began to fall apart. Maritimes and lower canada afraid of losing autonomy (this new union would be majority anglo-phones and mainly in upper and lower canada) Cartier offered the compromise (to divide the powers through defined lines) Federal: economic affairs legislative union in disguise (quote from aa. Dissallowance was left in the hands of federal government.
