Pathway to Confederation
London Conference
December 4th 1866
Some of the representatives that attended were John A. MacDonald, George Étienne Cartier, Alexander Galt and George Brown.
What was the point of the Conference?
The point of conference was to draft the British North America act. They also wanted to review the 72 resolutions that was made in the Quebec Conference. The representatives wanted to name our country the “Kingdom of Canada”. Some of the British feared that by having this name the US would be angry So they named it the “Dominion of Canada”.
Charlotte Town Conference
September 1st, 1864
representatives that attended from Nova Scotia.
Charles Tupper
Attorney General, William Alexander Henry
Adams George Archibald
What was the Point?
Canada refused to pay the costs of the railway because of this the Maritime colonies became a single unit and they hoped that by becoming one unit it would bring strength to the political.
Difference opinions represented
New Brunswick Tilley had always dreamed of a great British North America Nation.
Nova Scotia Tupper and McCully were supporting to unit all of the provinces together. They didn't want to abandon the Maritime Union. There was only one catholic in the meeting who was Andrew Archibald MacDonald
Perspectives that were not represented
some of the middle age men were not in the meeting, there were no women. A big population of people with a different race were also not included in the meeting. There were no delegates spoke for the Irish people. There were no Francophone and the black and the indigenous people were not in public life.
Quebec Conference
October 10th 1864
Representatives
The three Representatives of Canada East were
George-Étienne Cartier
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Étienne-Paschal Taché
What is the Quebec Conference?
The Quebec Conference lead to Canada East and Canada West joined in union because they were feared of the US invading. Some people liked that there was a confederation because all of Canada would be united so the US could not invade them.
Opinions that were not represented.
Non of the 11 groups of first nations did not have their voice in the conference. The black people also didn't have a voice.
Subtopic
Different opinions represented
The only opinions that were represented were Canada East, Canada West and the Maritime.
