Why Did Canada Decided To Unite Essay

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Canada decided to unite upper Canada and lower Canada to get rid of all problems. The problems that the British Colonies were facing like political problems, economic problem, and military problems. They were not able to keep up, so one of the solutions was to unite upper Canada and lower Canada for stronger alliances. When uniting both upper and lower Canada complication occurred but certain events helped form modern Canada as we know it.

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1867 was when canada gained its independence from the British. The british targeted the most powerful things like Legislative, judicial and executive to control the population. Another means was that when anything happened in Canada, the British could and would override the situation to make it in there favor to have some kind of advantage. When Canada's independence was in effect it was decided that all past conflicts from the past affecting the future were to be removed in every way possible, that
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Also, it was considered on the economic problems that they were faced with so by fixing that they had a healthier, stronger country to live in, without disagreements or conflicts. When that was all solved it made people's lives easier because they would be able to trade throughout the system. This made it way easier for them instead of traveling to another country to trade manually. At that point, it also increased the country's wealth and would gain freedom from Britain. Many factors concerning the Canadian confederation like the grand trunk railway system, protecting factories from different colonies raiding them and the American civil war. But as we know it everything was well planned and was executed perfectly we are proud to live in a country where independence was gained by

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