Factors leading to Confederation

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Factors leading to Confederation

Changing British atitudes

Support for the colonies was weakaning

Suport for the colonies was weakaning in Briten

Free trade policy's

Crushing below the econimy

The fenians

Veterans of the civil war were requited into the sisioty of america

Atempted many raids against Canada they helped promot the union to become stronger

The fenian force was lead by Jhon O'Niel in 1834 to 1878

Began the battle of the ridge way against the British Canadian solders after charging across the boarder and resulted in many deaths

The fenians started with campobello island and New Brunswick in april 1866

Became a threat to the British and Canadian milatry

United states expansionism: manifest destiny

America were expanding across North America and went into Texas

New mexico had allready bought Texas but america bought it from New Mexico

America and new mexico had a war

United states aquired New Mexico and California for $15 million

Trouble with trade

The trade law agreement between the BNA colonies and US ended in 1865

The BNA colonies will have to pay taxes vice versa

The British had a preference trade law in 1846

Other country's had to pay tax when trading with the British

Political dead lock

Equal representation was supposed to help Canada East not feel dominated by Canada west

The opoisit expectation which them in to political dead lock

Canada West out numbered Canada East via population

Causing Briten to declare that each side of the province will be sharing equal representation at the asembly

Railway in British North America

It was hard to build a rail way due to weather and land marks

Much of the railway business was going to the american railway

It was time when the canadians thought to build there own rail way

If the colonies wanted to trade with each other they would need a railway

It took more time to finish the railway and it would be risky