Know this stuff for the Pop Quiz.
One of your text readings discussed major causes of Confederation. These causes were divided into three categories:
- political deadlock in the Canadas
- economic challenges
- pressures from the US
Political Deadlock in the Canadas
- French-English conflict
- short-lived governments
Economic challenges
- end of reciprocity with US
- end of free trade with Britain
- trade barriers between colonies
- need for a colonial railway (trade)
Pressures from the United States
- American Civil War
- Fenian Raids
- Manifest Destiny
- need for a colonial railway (defense)
