HIS263Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dominion Lands Act, Homestead Acts, Hugh Allan
Document Summary
The quest for national policies: after the reciprocity agreement had been revoked in 1866, tension remained with. Us and the new canadians: nova scotia and new canadian government tried to keep the american fishermen outside the three-mile offshore limit, 1868- canadian national series of readers introduced into ontario schools. 1871: canada signs the treaty of washington. 1873: pacific scandal: macdonald government resigns. Nationalism is not easy ut takes time, the creation of nationalism. 1874: great britain offers to transfer british claims to arctic north to canada: secret ballot introduced into federal voting and into ontario. 1876: treaty six signed at fort carlton. 1880- royal canadian academy of arts and national gallery of canada established. British order-in-council transfers british claims to arctic territory to canada. Confederation suggested an economic future that was generally encouraging to foreign investment. Canada was able to create import large amounts of capital to help create its economic infrastructure.
