There are many reasons why Confederation happened but amongst them there are three that I think are the most important: The Chesapeake Incident‚ The Reciprocity Treaty‚ and The Civil War. Confederation is the uniting of all colonies that were in British North America (Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Nova Scotia‚ and New Brunswick). My first reason is The Reciprocity Treaty. The Treaty is made to eliminate all tariffs for bringing American goods into Canada. The treaty was signed on June 5th 1854 and ended in
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Brunswick confederation in 1867 ; there was still much debate for the remaining colonies on whether to join. There is definitely an argument for both sides‚ but in my opinion --- I believe confederation was a good thing. One advantage of confederation was that when the colonies were united as a country‚ we would be able to fend off attacks from the South. Also it would act as a symbol to intimidate the Americans into submission and prevent manifest destiny. Another would be that with confederation the
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Confederation Essay I would like to introduce you to my colony Canada East (also known as Lower Canada). It has a mainly French speaking population and a steady supply of water from the St. Lawrence River. There are many factories in Canada East which are powered by steam which runs the drills‚ pumps and other equipment. The factories produce food items such as baked goods‚ dairy products and sugar. Other factories produce consumer goods such as shoes and textiles. It is a good place to live
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History to 1877 Best and Worst Presidents from 1789-1836 A great president is considered to be wise and noble. He is also firm‚ patriotic‚ and was known as‚ “the one who invented tradition as he went along.” The greatest president of the United States from 1789-1836 was George Washington. He was the first president of the United States and started great traditions. He took his job very seriously during his time. He was in term from 1789-1797 and contributed too many extraordinary events
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In 1789 our first President‚ George Washington‚ faced many problems. It seemed as though the Westerners might abandon this new government‚ and the United States were afraid that their western territory might be taken away by the foreign powers. There was a possibility that the United States would break up into several small republics. Three main problems that might cause this are: export restrictions‚ fighting on the frontier‚ and the national debt. In 1789 the United States had to deal with many
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Confederation: A false sense of unity? Marc Estrada Dr. Robert L. Fraser JWH100Y1 Section L5101 March 5‚ 2013 Confederation geographically united the colonies of a fledgling Canada. The union defined borders‚ created governments and brought the various peoples of Canada together under a single dominion. However‚ the imposition of geographic union on the people did not immediately bring union amongst the people themselves. Political‚ cultural‚ economic‚ and
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Dylan Gleeson The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 yet there was a struggle for its ratification that went on until 1790. Some members of congress believed that the Articles of confederation needed to be changed meanwhile others disagreed. After the revolutionary war the people needed a sense of power which they received when the new government was centered on the state. The new United States needed a strong central government but many feared of a central government
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Lea Serres November‚ 2009 Mrs. Cerqua Nationalism DBQ "Nationalism united people into nation- states‚ toppled empires composed of many ethnic minorities‚ and contributed to the outbreak of wars in the nineteenth century. How would you evaluate this statement?" Nationalism is a common patriotic passion for one’s nation and fellow nationals that united‚ and still unites certain groups of people. Nationalism can cause for the birth of loyalty to ethnic minorities‚ which have potential to cause many
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DBQ : REVOLUTIONS This task is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents and is based on the accompanying documents (1–6). Some of the documents have been edited for the purposes of this question. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of each document and any point of view that may be presented in the document. Directions: Read the documents in Part A and answer the questions after each document. Then‚ read the directions for Part B and write your
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Article-- Morsi: Don’t expect Egypt to live by America’s rules Web Address:- http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/23/morsi-dont-expect-egypt-to-live-by-america-rules/ As this article published in Sepetember23‚ 2012‚ Egypt President‚ Islamist Mohammed Morsi during his first visit to United State said that they will not follow American’s rule in their decision making as his predecessor Hosni Mubarak done. This was the response of Morsi after a wave of violence erupted across the Muslim world over
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