Confederation

Before 1867 all of British North America was split into colonies.  Colonies with different views and different goals.  Confederation seemed like it was going to be very hard to achieve until a man by the name of John A Macdonald came in and told everyone his ideas and formed the Great Coalition. Which was a partnership with John A Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier.  John took initiative and got New Brunswick and PEI representatives to charlottetown for a conference so he could pitch his ideas. Then after the conference finished everyone decided that they would meet up again in Quebec where Quebec's representative and all the other representatives would help the idea of confederation and structure it into the 72 resolutions(which would be looked at by each colony.  The last conference was in London where the union would then ask for the monarch's permission to see if they could complete their task of making a country.  It worked, the Queen named the new country Canada and then passed the British North America Act.  This is such a positive moment in Canadian history.  This made our country.  If it wasn't for all the hard work and co-operation by all the political parties it would have not worked.  This is the kind of thing you look at and think to yourself this is Canadian. No fighting, no conflict.  Team work and comprimising.  Simply being polite and that is the way Canada was formed.


- Events from 1815 - 1914