Canada In The Late 1800's
After the events of 1867, a newly-established country named Canada had recently purchased its West portion of land. Canada required a rapid development of its west in order to prevent the United States from taking over the new land. With a prime minister who had great visions for his country and a world with people in need of a new place to live, the only thing standing between the success of the development of the west was a group of people in hopes of defending their rights and freedom. Western Canada expanded rapidly after confederation in the late 1800’s because of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the migration of new settlers in to the Prairies and the defeat of the Metis in Manitoba.
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These people, mostly referred to as “Settlers”, were not opulent and often appeared from Europe where not only were farmers decreasing, but economic hardships were also present in the lives of many people. But with a world-wide depression ended, Europeans could not have found a finer time to immigrate, but then. Although the settlers also had a choice to settle in Western portion of the United States where the top farmlands had already been occupied, they would’ve typically chosen to live in Canada due to higher quality land being available for no direct charge. Part of the Dominion Lands Act, though, included that the Settlers must homestead or farm on their land for three years before they could rightfully claim it as their own. This system was also present in the United States; therefore a few people were familiar with act. However, Many Settlers would consider this law being too difficult and would forsake their new life, causing them to move to urban areas. People who continued to homestead are part of the reason why Canada became a large producer of grain. Also, with Northwest mounted police being Established and Aboriginals settling on reserves, many immigrants thought of Canada being safe, especially after the fall of the Metis. With an increasing number of people migrating to the West, Roads and railways being built, towns starting to develop, trading centres being established, Western Canada expanded in a modicum of
I think the railway was the most important …show more content…
These people, mostly referred to as “Settlers”, were not opulent and often appeared from Europe where not only were farmers decreasing, but economic hardships were also present in the lives of many people. But with a world-wide depression ended, Europeans could not have found a finer time to immigrate, but then. Although the settlers also had a choice to settle in Western portion of the United States where the top farmlands had already been occupied, they would’ve typically chosen to live in Canada due to higher quality land being available for no direct charge. Part of the Dominion Lands Act, though, included that the Settlers must homestead or farm on their land for three years before they could rightfully claim it as their own. This system was also present in the United States; therefore a few people were familiar with act. However, Many Settlers would consider this law being too difficult and would forsake their new life, causing them to move to urban areas. People who continued to homestead are part of the reason why Canada became a large producer of grain. Also, with Northwest mounted police being Established and Aboriginals settling on reserves, many immigrants thought of Canada being safe, especially after the fall of the Metis. With an increasing number of people migrating to the West, Roads and railways being built, towns starting to develop, trading centres being established, Western Canada expanded in a modicum of