Factors leading to Confederation
Railway in British North America
If the colonies wanted to trade with each other they would need a railway
It took more time to finish the railway and it would be risky
Much of the railway business was going to the american railway
It was time when the canadians thought to build there own rail way
It was hard to build a rail way due to weather and land marks
Political dead lock
Canada West out numbered Canada East via population
Causing Briten to declare that each side of the province will be sharing equal representation at the asembly
Equal representation was supposed to help Canada East not feel dominated by Canada west
The opoisit expectation which them in to political dead lock
Trouble with trade
The British had a preference trade law in 1846
Other country's had to pay tax when trading with the British
The trade law agreement between the BNA colonies and US ended in 1865
The BNA colonies will have to pay taxes vice versa
United states expansionism: manifest destiny
America and new mexico had a war
United states aquired New Mexico and California for $15 million
America were expanding across North America and went into Texas
New mexico had allready bought Texas but america bought it from New Mexico
The fenians
The fenians started with campobello island and New Brunswick in april 1866
Became a threat to the British and Canadian milatry
The fenian force was lead by Jhon O'Niel in 1834 to 1878
Began the battle of the ridge way against the British Canadian solders after charging across the boarder and resulted in many deaths
Veterans of the civil war were requited into the sisioty of america
Atempted many raids against Canada they helped promot the union to become stronger
Changing British atitudes
Free trade policy's
Crushing below the econimy
Support for the colonies was weakaning
Suport for the colonies was weakaning in Briten