Double Majority – A law had to have a majority of votes in both Canada East and Canada West in order for it to be passed.
Independence: independence were a group of politicians that don’t have a party
Equal representation- This means the representations of a region is equal according to the population
Representation by population – when the number of seats a party gets is Decided by the population of the zone.
American Civil War – The war happened over the issues of slavery and control over economic and political decision making. the Confederate States fought against the USA in the civil war.
Trent Affairs – A British mail ship named Trent was stopped by a American warship. The Americans captured two confederate people off the British mail ship but they ended up returning them to not cause any more conflict between the Americans and Britain
St. Albans – The st Albans Is a town that was attacked by the Confederates. This battle made Canadians realize they did not have a good defence system.
Manifest Destiny: This was the belief that Americans were destined by God to take over all of North America.
Fenian Raids: These were a Irish group that wanted to be separated from Britain. They were not successful but it led to the want for BNA colonies to unit.
Britain’s Feelings About BNA Colony’s: Britian didn’t see the BNA colonies as a valuable resource any more. The BNA colonies realized that they had to combine to work together so they could defend against the Americans.
They decided to be one big stronger, more power ful colony so they could defend against America. This made sense because Britain no loner had a need for the BNA colonies since they were no longer a valuable resource.