Road To Confederation Illustrated Timeline

The Charlottetown Conference was originally planned as a meeting between representatives from the Maritime colonies only: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

The American civil war was started because the North wanted to abolish slavery while the south wanted to keep slaves to work on their farms. Abraham Lincoln united the north and the south and got rid of slavery. This meant that slaves no longer had to use the underground railway to get to Canada.

In 1869 the Hudson's bay company surrendered most of their land to the new dominion of Canada. This caused the amount of fur in the fur trade business to slow down but not fully stop as well as this caused Canada to gain more land.

In 1870 the provinces of manitoba and the northwest territories decided to join the confederation of canada. Thus expanded the country of Canada. This increased the population as well as the goods that could be produced.

1844 The Capital Of Canada

The province of Canada was formed in the new world by the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. In 1844 the capital of the province of Canada was moved from Kingston in Canada West to Montreal in Canada East.

By: Damian

Gamble

Road To Confederation

Illustrated Timeline

1865 American Civil War Ends

1864 Quebec Conference

Social Studies 10

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island discussed the issue of the "seventy-Two Resolutions which was a big matter at hand. They did not finish this discussion though and it had to continue at the London Conference

1864 Charllottetown Conference

1864 Great Coalition is formed

-1837 Rebellions In Upper and

Lower Canada

In 1864 The Great Coalition of Canada was formed to get rid of the deadlock between the French-speaking Canada East and the English Speaking Canada West. Since the Canada west and east couldn’t agree on anything they decided to have three conferences.

The rebellion in Lower Canada started

because of the way the British government was

running, this caused the rebellion in Upper Canada

soon after. These rebellions caused Lord Durham

to file a report about why the rebellions happened.

-1849 Rebellion Losses Bill

-1838 Lord Durham's report

The rebellion losses bill was a bill

made for the people who had

lost their land and other things in

the rebellions of 1837. This bill

however was passed and

in a controversial way

made many people angry.

Lord Durham was a British

reformer who was sent to the

colonies of upper and Lower Canada

after the Rebellions of 1837.

He filed a report stating that

upper and Lower Canada should merge

as well as have a

responsible government.

-1858 Colony of B.C. Created

New West Minister is a city

where in 1859 became the capital of B.C.

it was recommended by Richard Moody the Lieutenant –

Governor its location is farther from the American border

1866 London Conference

The London conference was the last conference in a series that led up to the Canadian confederation. In this conference they continued the discussion on the “Seventy-two Resolutions”

-1845 Reciprocity Treaty With U.S.

The reciprocity treaty with U.S. was

a move for free trade in Canada.

This would open up new economic opportunities

inside of Canada, in preparation

for Britain getting rid of the corn laws.

1832 Cholera Epidemic

1867 Canada becomes a Dominion

1870 Manitoba &

Northwest Terr. join confederation.

In 1832 a reported eighty-eight deaths

happened because of cholera. This report was filed by Montreal and caused some fear for the colonists who had decided to settle down in the soon to be new dominion.

On this date the Dominion of Canada was formed. The new dominion consisted of four provinces at the time, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the province of Canada was later spilt into Quebec and Ontario.

1869 Hudson's bay surrendered

land