Name: Morgan
Colony: Prince Edward island
- What was your Colonies decision in OUR conference? Why did your colony make that decision? Provide at least 3 reasons why you made that decision.
Our answer was yes because we thought that we would be able to trade easier if we had more transportation like trains. It would also be easier to make money if we had a bigger population to get more taxes and make people pay less. We would be able to have more farm lands to have more crops without having to pay for crops.
- What was your colonies actual decision after the Quebec Conference – why did they make this decision? Research and provide 3 reasons why your colony made their decision.
Prince Edward Island did not end up joining confederation because they were afraid the island would join United States. They also didn’t want to join because they didn’t want to be paying extra money to the confederation for everything they do.
- How did transportation play a part in the confederation of Canada? Provide at least 3 reasons why it was so crucial in the confederation of Canada.
Transportation played quite a big part during the confederation because it would be easier to trade with others and have more crops and more places to go to get supplies that they would need to survive. Transportation was quite hard back then in PEI because they didn’t have trains or cars or busses like we have now, the only way they could travel was by foot, horse and buggy or sleighs. It would be easier for them if they had boats or trains so they could travel and get things they need to survive and keep; their family’s safe.
- Who did the confederation of Canada benefit the most in your opinion and why? Consider French Canadians, English Speaking Canadians First Nations, Upper/lower class colonists, Britain…
It mostly helped the English speaking Canadians because they go to leave Britain which would mean they didn’t really have to listen to what they said and they could make their own rules and speak their own language. They would be able to make their own money and have land that didn’t belong to anyone else.
- How do you think the Confederation of Canada affected the First People across all of present day Canada? Please explain why you think the confederation may or may not have been beneficial for them and why? Research and find out how the confederation of Canada affected them (Especially as Canadian colonists expanded out west).
- How did you learn from this project? Consider the following Core Competencies? Please explain how you used/learned in three of the competencies with specific examples.
During this project I feel as I learnt/used Communication, Critical thinking, and social responsibility. I used Communication within my group so together we could figure out what information we would be needing to bring to the table and being able to work together to see if we wanted to join the confederation or not. I used Critical thinking by researching and figuring out what information out of this is the best and easiest to understand to explain to people so they would understand it right as I explain it. I used social responsibility by making sure my group members were on task at all times so we could get the project done.