How Did Confederation Contribute To The Formation Of Canada

On July 1st, 1867 the British North America Act or the Constitution Act of 1867 had gone into effect creating the " One Dominion under the name of Canada". However, there were many wars, debates, conferences, and so on till confederation had finally taken place, and though there may have been many internal and external factors contributing to the creation of Canada. War and expansionism was the absolute main reason for why confederation took place. If it wasn't for the American Civil War, Or the Fraser River Gold Rush in British Columbia and the American's belief in Manifest Destiney. BNA would've never been alarmed by America's presence. Therefore, it was essential for the people of British North America to be frightened by the United States. They realized that if they came together and become one it would be easier to fend off threats from the US and defend in case of an invasion.

Which had become a reality to the people of British North America in 1866, as it marked the beginning of the Fenian Raids. The Fenians were "an
As a matter of fact, many of the gold seekers were from America, who were looking for new opportunities after the California Gold Rush had been all dried up. British North America was so afraid of the fact that the U.S would expand into their land and take over New Caledonia, Governor James Douglas had declared it a British colony and renamed it British Columbia. And it was a good thing that they did, BNA is exceptionally large and the defence was immensely weak. So, if the Americans had decided to expand into Canada it would be quite easy to get past the border. And besides Britain was not going to help if an invasion was in place, they were becoming sick and tired of having to take care of British North America. In 1862 alone, they had sent more than 10,000 troops to BNA to defend it from any danger passed by the American Civil