Social 7 - Confederation Week 2

Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick were all in favour of Confederation .

• True

• False

British North America wanted Confederation because people feared American annexation.

• True

• False

Railroad development was a key bargaining tool in the establishment of Confederation.

• True

• False

At the Charlottetown Conference, the three Maritime colonies, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI - discussed joining Confederation.

• True

• False

John A. Macdonald did not want to find a way to preserve provinces as separate political organizations.

• True

• False

First Nations peoples had voting rights under the BNA Act.

• True

• False

The end of mercantilism did not affect the Maritime colonies' desire to join Confederation.

• True

• False

The Maritime provinces feared Confederation because they feared

• losing their independence peoples

• increased taxation

• losing their land to First Nations

First Nations peoples

• were happy with Confederation

• initiated Confederation and later removed themselves from its development

• were left out of Confederation all together

• were rebellious and vocal about Confederation’s development

Confederation originally acknowledged two founding nations

• British and American

• The English and French

• The First Nations and the French