HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Canadian Nationalism, The Canadas, Henry Youle Hind
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* confederation and the idea of canada * Fisheries were the primary source traded in newfoundland. Newfoundland has very limited forests, and it is not a maritime colony; it is an atlantic colony -- therefore, newfoundland"s primary source cannot be timber. George brown: was assassinated; was shot in his hand and died of infection by two of his employees. The idea begins in the maritime colonies: lt. Us civil war: first large-scale war in world history, and certainly american history. Trent crisis, 1861: a us union vessel seized the us vessel called the trent, secretly stowed away, british north america was the closest version of britain. Not a popular movement: organized by the regime. In some colonies there was a popular opposition to confederation. Charlottetown conference: to negotiate a maritime union. Viscount monck: the governor general, sent a request to the left-hand governors to have a conference with also nova scotia,
