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The Seventy-Two Resolutions

By: Marissa, Mitchell, Danielle, Kiana, Cam, and Wen

Reaction to the Seventy-Two Resolutions

Important Individuals

-resolutions had to be approved by the colonial goverments before Great Britain could

-the job of the delegates that went to the Quebec Conference was to go back to their colonies and debate the resolutions

-it took almost three years for the three colonies agreed to become the Dominion of Canada

-the United Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia united in 1867

-Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland decided to not yet join

*Basically, after the colonial governments and Great Britain approved it, and the delgates debated it, the Dominion of Canada was formed. It included the United Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

Legend:

Pro-Confederation

Opposed to Confederation

Joined a Few Years Later

Couldn't Persuade His Colony to Join

In the United Province of Canada

George Brown: 1818-1880

A.A. Dorion: 1818-1891

F.B.T. Carter: 1819-1900

Charles Tupper: 1821-1873

Alexander Galt: 1817-1891

Samuel Leonard Tilley: 1818-1896

Thomas Darcy McGee: 1825-1865

James Colledge Pope: 1826-1885

George-Etienne Cartier: 1814-1863

John A. Macdonald: 1815-1891

Joseph Howe: 1804-1873

-the debate in the Legislature continued for six weeks, but in the end, the Great Coalition had a much greater amount wanting Confederation

-the vote was 91-33

-not a lot of legislators from Canada East wanted Confederation

-those against Confederation were in fear of losing their French culture and language in a country with an English speaking majority

*Basically, Canada East didn't really want to join with the other colonies, but the majority of votes throughout the colonies was to Confederation

1821

1822

1820

1819

1815

1817

1816

1814

1804

1818

1823

1824

1825

1826

Reaction in the Atlantic Colonies

-there was a conflict with the Atlantic colonies and the seventy-two resolutions

-the majority of them didn't want to join at all because they believed their colonies were doing good by themselves

-people from the lumbering, fishing, and shipbulding industries felt they didn't have much in common with farmers from the United Province of Canada

*Basically, the Atlantic Colonies didn't want Confederation. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia changed their minds and joined, while Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland stuck with their original thoughts

In New Brunswick

In Prince Edward Island

In Newfoundland

And Finally,

Results

-in 1865, Samuel Leonard Tilley's government was in favour of Confederation

-in the 1865 election, Tilley's opponents were against Confederation

-the people of New Brunswick believed the opposing team so Tilley lost the election

-in 1866, Great Britain chose a lieutenant governor to promote Confederation in New Brunswick

-the lieutenant goverment made the non-Confederation party resign and brought back a pro-Confederation party to run again

-Tilley was re-elected

-New Brunswick voted for Confederation

In Nova Scotia

-not many people wanted Confederation

-they believed their island's five representitaves would have no power

-Islanders thought the new Canadian government would loan them 200 000 pounds to buy out the landlords that were occupying a lot of the land

-the Canadian government refused this deal and the Islanders didn't want Confederation anymore

-Islanders didn't want a tariff-free union because most of their money came from tariffs on trade with other colonies

-people in Newfoundland didn't want Confederation

-they thought they had close to nothing in common with the people of the United Province of Canada

-when news made its way to Newfoundland about the anti-Confederation resistance, they decided to take no part in joining with the other colonies

-New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the United Province of Canada joined together

-Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland decided to stay independent

-Nova Scotian politicians are mainly responsible for the Charlottetown Conference of 1864

-Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick were part of Nova Scotia in the early years of British North America, so Nova Scotia was interested in joining again

-in their eyes, Confederation meant railway building

they wanted a railway between Halifax and the United Province of Canada

-this would increase trade and make it much easier

-anti-Confederates worried that since Nova Scotia was a small province, it would have no influence over anything

-they also worried that there would be higher taxes and they would lose ties to Great Britain

-Nova Scotia Premier Charles Tupper was pro-Confederation

-he watched other pro-Confederation candidates lose election so he decided to not promote the seventy-two resolutions

-Tupper got Sir Fenwick Williams (new pro-Confederation lieutenant governer and Nova Scotia native) to help promote Confederation

-he was able to win support of the Legislative Assemby for the proposed union

George-Etienne Cartier: 1814-1863

John A Macdonald: 1815-1891

Alexander Galt: 1817-1893

George Brown: 1818-1880

Samuel Loenard Tilley: 1818-1896

Charles Tupper: 1821-1873

Thomas D'Arcy McGee: 1825- 1863

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