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representation by population
Due to heavy immigration, the population of English speaking people of Canada West soon outstripped Canada East. Under the Act of Union, 1840, however, the seats in the house were evenly divided between Canada East and Canada West. This led to calls in Upper Canada for representation by population. -
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history
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Lord Durhams Report
Lord Durham finishes report on BNA and what he think trigered the rebellions of 1837. In the report many things are suggested one being that Upper and Lower Canada should unite. -
upper and lower canada became united
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calls for federation
Starting in the 1850s calls for a federal union of all the British colonies in North America began to get stronger. It was seen by many, including the British, as a way to strengthen the colonies and to deal with the many problems that had arisen since the Act of Union in 1840. One of the leaders was John A. Macdonald, who led several coalition governments. -
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John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald became the government leader of canada west -
British north america act
the British north america act gets passed by British parliament -
nova scotia confederation
the nova scotia confereration happen when novia scotia split into two sides because some people wanted confederation and others did not. -
More colonies join Canada
Canada started out small but then eventaily colines started to come around. The last to join was Newfound in 1947, almost 100 years later
