Confederation By: Adam Green
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Reasons for Confederation: Political Deadlock and the Great Coalition
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An Inter-Colonial Railway was Needed
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The United States Ended Free Trade
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Threat of the United States Invading Canada
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Britain Wanted Her Colonies to be More Self Sufficient
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People Wanted Western Expansion
The Colony of the United Province of Canada
People: The Colony of Canada
The Colony of Nova Scotia
People: The Colony of Nova Scotia
The colony of New Brunswick
People: The Colony of New Brunswick
Important People: Sir John A. Macdonald
Important People: Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
Important People: Antoine-Aime Dorion
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Information References
(M. Green, personal communication, October 23, 2012)
(A. Green, personal communication, October 27, 2012)
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Bliss, M. 1981. Confederation: a New Nationality. Canada: Groiler Ltd
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Wikipedia. (2009). Canada East.
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http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/confederation
Library and Archives of Canada. (2008). Sir John A Macdonald.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sir-john-a-macdonald/index-e.html
CBC Learning. (2001). British North America.
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP8CH1PA1LE.html
Canadian Heritage. (2010). New Brunswick.
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/101/112-eng.cfm
Wikipedia. (2012). Antoine-Amiè Dorion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Aim%C3%A9_Dorion