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Confederation Notes Review Questions

1.       Why was the Charlottetown Conference called?  How did the "Canadas" change the agenda of this conference?

2.       Why did the "Canadas" see a union with the Maritime provinces as being favorable?

3.       What was the agenda for the Quebec Conference? What was PEI's reaction

4.       Why did PEI reject Confederation?

5.       What was the London Conference? When did Canada become a nation?

6.       Identify and briefly explain the three main reasons PEI did not want to join Confederation.

7.       Why did the British want PEI to join Confederation? Canada? The U.S?

8.       What promises ("better terms") did Canada send to PEI to entice it to join its nation?

9.       What  "crisis" forced the Island to join Confederation?

10.   When did PEI join Confederation? What did it gain from joining?

—  1. The Charlottetown Conference was called      to discuss a union of NS, NB, PEI and possibly Newfoundland.  They asked if they could attend and make a presentation.

—  2.            The Canadas saw many advantages to joining with the Maritimes (protection, economic stability)

—  3. Agenda for the Quebec Conference: Delegates drafted a list of 72 recommendations to take back to their home governments .

—  The recommendations included: the division of responsibilities and powers, the structure of government, and a promise of a ferries and railroads for transportation

—  PEI Reaction: not supportive à Coles withdrew his support.

—  4. PEI was finally prospering, and a unique identity was developing

—  Believed it would lead to excessive taxation

—  Feared conscription to Canadian armed conflicts

—  Five members in the House of Commons was seen as too few

—  The money requested by PEI representatives to buy out the landlords ($800,000) was refused

—  5. delegates from Ontario, Quebec, NB and NS travelled to England to work out details of the British North American Act (now known as The Constitution Act)

—  July 1^st, 1867 Canada became a nation

—  PEI didn’t want to join Confederation for three main reasons: political autonomy, taxation, trade and econonmy.

—                  The British wanted PEI to join Canada for defense reasons, Dominion of Canada didn’t want the Island to be independent – wanted common tarifs, defense, wanted to make Canada “whole”, also valued their fisheries.

—  US:  did not want PEI joining Confederation, they talked about renewing the Reciprocity Treaty – talk of having 5. delegates from Ontario, Quebec, NB and NS travelled to England to work out details of the British North American Act (now known as The Constitution Act)

—  July 1^st, 1867 Canada became a nation

—  PEI didn’t want to join Confederation for three main reasons: political autonomy, taxation, trade and econonmy.

—                  The British wanted PEI to join Canada for defense reasons, Dominion of Canada didn’t want the Island to be independent – wanted common tarifs, defense, wanted to make Canada “whole”, also valued their fisheries.

—  US:  did not want PEI joining Confederation, they talked about renewing the Reciprocity Treaty – talk of having free trade between the US and Island.

—  ing free trade between the US and Island.