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How many provinces are their?
Their are four provinces.
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What does BNA stand for?
It stands for British North America
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What is the first reason for, reason for confederation?
Political Deadlock - English and French governments could not agree.
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What colonies formed Canada
CANADA WEST CANADA EAST New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
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What does Manifest Destiny mean?
BNA (Canada) was afraid of US expansion moving North. Canada need to be established to be able to protect its borders.
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Why there a railway?
To unite the country.
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Where is Canada West today?
Ontario
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What does Political Deadlock mean?
Canada East (Quebec) and Canada West (CW) had the equal amount of seats in the government.
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Why is there free trade ends with the US.
Because there is a Cancellation of the Reciprocity Treaty
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What two provinces wanted to agreed to form a country called CANADA.
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
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What does Westward Expansion mean?
Farmland in Ontario was running out, so people wanted to move West to establish farms. The railway would help getting people WEST!
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The America’s belief they should own this.
All of North America.
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Why did New Brunswick and Nova Scotia want to become a country
Because they hoped that forming a country would keep them loyal to Britain.
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Where did the BNA started?
It stated the powers of the provincial government and federal government.
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What did Great Britain want Canada to be?
More self sufficient.
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