Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Reciprocity Treaty
Sidra.
The U.S signed this treaty in exchange for access to the Atlantic waters. The Reciprocity Treaty was finally signed on June 5,1854 by Lord Elgin of Britian and William Marcy of the U.S. Any side could cancel the treaty after 10 years. This treaty allowed these two countries to trade goods with low taxes. BNA traded fish,timber,grain and cattle while the Americans traded coal and pork. The economy increased dranatically for BNA, especially the Maritimes. However, the U.S wanted to end the treaty in 1865 because:
~they thought BNA was benefeting more from the treaty than they were
~they didn't like the taxes put on manufactured goods
~they wanted to torture England for supporting South in the Civil War
The treaty was officially ended by the U.S in 1866.
The BNA started to think about joining together and trading goods within their own country, with low tariffs of course. This is one of the factors that lead to the Confederation.
Connections
Text to Self
This reminds me of the Student Exchange to France. People here in Canada will go to France and the French will come here to Canada. This is sort of like trading goods with another country.
I have traded a few things with others in the past, but they were always minor things. An example would be when I traded a bag of chips with my brother in exchange for a kit kat.
Text to World
This treaty reminds me of NAFTA. Both of these organizations work to remove taxes. They both encourage free trade, though NAFTA encourages free trade on products produced and sold in North America. Though there are three countries involved in NAFTA: Canada, U.S and Mexico.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Reciprocity Treaty
Who? United States and Britain
What? The Reciprocity took away customs tariffs so people could have trades without taxes. After two years passed not B.N.A or the united states could break this agreement.
Where? Washington, D.C
When? June 5, 1854
Why? They came to this treaty by people's demand both in Canada and the U.S to have freer trades between the two countries.
Rules of the treaty:
• Allow products of farms, mines and sea to cross borders tax free.
• The U.S could fish in the waters off the Atlantic colony
• Allowed Canadians to access U.S fisheries
The end of the treaty:
The U.S decided to end the treaty in 1866 because they thought the Canadians were benefiting more in the treaty then they were.
Jadyn <3
The Charlottetown Conferince
Beverly.
The Charlottetown Conference?
In 1864, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island were discussing the possibility of Maritime Union. British Columbia and Newfoundland weren't invited. Newfoundland asked to attend but with short notice they weren't able to have a representative at the conference.
The conference had two main idea's. The first one was to create a Maritime Union. The second idea came from the Canadians, to make one Canada. This idea was supported by all the delegates that attended the conference.
The delegates at the conference agreed to support the idea of the Canadas and the Maritime colonies together.
The meetings ended September 9th in Prince Edward Island. The delegates continued with meeting in Halifax, St. John and Fredericton.
There was enough support to discuss the one Canada, therefore a second conference was planned for October 10th 1864.
1. Text to self: This factor was important because it was the start of Canada becoming a country. This personally makes me feel proud that there were leaders that had the vision to create one Canada, that has developed into a great country we know today.
2. Text to World: The Charlottetown conference started the politics we have today in Canada. The way in which we vote for things around the world today is simalar to the way they voted.
The Charlottetown Conference?
In 1864, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island were discussing the possibility of Maritime Union. British Columbia and Newfoundland weren't invited. Newfoundland asked to attend but with short notice they weren't able to have a representative at the conference.
The conference had two main idea's. The first one was to create a Maritime Union. The second idea came from the Canadians, to make one Canada. This idea was supported by all the delegates that attended the conference.
The delegates at the conference agreed to support the idea of the Canadas and the Maritime colonies together.
The meetings ended September 9th in Prince Edward Island. The delegates continued with meeting in Halifax, St. John and Fredericton.
There was enough support to discuss the one Canada, therefore a second conference was planned for October 10th 1864.
1. Text to self: This factor was important because it was the start of Canada becoming a country. This personally makes me feel proud that there were leaders that had the vision to create one Canada, that has developed into a great country we know today.
2. Text to World: The Charlottetown conference started the politics we have today in Canada. The way in which we vote for things around the world today is simalar to the way they voted.
London Conference
By : Tyler
The London Conference was the last of the 13 confederations deciding whether or not Canada will become an independent country or not.
The London Conference was a much smaller one than those stationed in Charlottetown or Quebec, with only 16 people attending.
The members of the London Conference were representatives from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the province of Canada.
The London Conference officially begun on December 4th, 1866, after being delayed for several months for an unknown reason.
An "anti-union" organization, led by Joseph Howe, was in the way of the London Conference, because they were bent on overturning any and all union agreements.
Making Connections
Text to Self
I think that this was a very important event in Canadian history. Without the London Conference Canada would not be a whole, independent country it is today. Canada would have trouble functioning relying on Britain, across the Atlantic Ocean every time they had a problem.
I personally could not connect such an event to anything that has to do with me in any way.
Text to World
This conference still has an impact on the world today. This conference made Canada a country, not a part of Britain. Today we still have elections, agreements, debates, and a bunch of other forms to determine the fate of Canada.
The London Conference was the last of the 13 confederations deciding whether or not Canada will become an independent country or not.
The London Conference was a much smaller one than those stationed in Charlottetown or Quebec, with only 16 people attending.
The members of the London Conference were representatives from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the province of Canada.
The London Conference officially begun on December 4th, 1866, after being delayed for several months for an unknown reason.
An "anti-union" organization, led by Joseph Howe, was in the way of the London Conference, because they were bent on overturning any and all union agreements.
Making Connections
Text to Self
I think that this was a very important event in Canadian history. Without the London Conference Canada would not be a whole, independent country it is today. Canada would have trouble functioning relying on Britain, across the Atlantic Ocean every time they had a problem.
I personally could not connect such an event to anything that has to do with me in any way.
Text to World
This conference still has an impact on the world today. This conference made Canada a country, not a part of Britain. Today we still have elections, agreements, debates, and a bunch of other forms to determine the fate of Canada.
The Chesapeake Incident
The Chesapeake Incident
By Georgia :D
Who? The British and Americans
What? The Leopard warship requested to search the Chesapeake for suspected deserters from the Royal Navy. The commander James Barron refused so Pryce Humphrey, the commander of the Leopard started an attack against the Americans. The British fired 3 broadsides, killing 3 people and injuring 18 including James Barron.
Barron quickly surrendered but but Humphrey did not accept the surrender and searched the Chesapeake and found 4 royal navy deserters.
The One British man was sentenced to death and hanged in Halifax and the other three Americans were sentenced to 500 lashes each, but the sentence was later commuted, and the British government eventually offered to return them to the U.S. and pay the reparations for damaging the Chesapeake.
When: June 23rd 1807
Where: Off Norfolk, Virgina shore.
Why: The British wanted their soldiers.
Text to Self: This reminds me of the story Peter Pan when Captain Hook and his crew have stolen kids from Netherland and Peter Pan and Wendy attack to get the people from their side back.
Text to World: This reminds me of all the wars all over the world that start over things that could be sorted out in a better way.
By Georgia :D
Who? The British and Americans
What? The Leopard warship requested to search the Chesapeake for suspected deserters from the Royal Navy. The commander James Barron refused so Pryce Humphrey, the commander of the Leopard started an attack against the Americans. The British fired 3 broadsides, killing 3 people and injuring 18 including James Barron.
Barron quickly surrendered but but Humphrey did not accept the surrender and searched the Chesapeake and found 4 royal navy deserters.
The One British man was sentenced to death and hanged in Halifax and the other three Americans were sentenced to 500 lashes each, but the sentence was later commuted, and the British government eventually offered to return them to the U.S. and pay the reparations for damaging the Chesapeake.
When: June 23rd 1807
Where: Off Norfolk, Virgina shore.
Why: The British wanted their soldiers.
Text to Self: This reminds me of the story Peter Pan when Captain Hook and his crew have stolen kids from Netherland and Peter Pan and Wendy attack to get the people from their side back.
Text to World: This reminds me of all the wars all over the world that start over things that could be sorted out in a better way.
The Railway
By: samuel
THE RAILWAY
The colonies of BNA all new that they had to have a railway to transport
goods and keep up with the American trade. all of the colonies knew they had to work together
to build the railway because it was impossible to build it by themselves. Most Railways cost lots
of money because of the technology and work that went into them. The first type of
transportation was a horse drawn wagon. Many settlers lived by the rail road or near
transportation because of goods and access to many different types of things like markets or
roads.
MAKING CONNECTIONS:
TEXT to SELF:
I think that the railway really helped the colonies because it would let them move goods and all
types of objects across BNA and would be useful to the people inside the colonies. One reason
that this lead to confederation was that all the colonies had to work together to make the railway
and make things work out.
TEXT to WORLD:
This railway helped to grow Canada to form what we are now. The Canadian Pacific Railway
helped throughout the years of transportation of goods.
THE RAILWAY
The colonies of BNA all new that they had to have a railway to transport
goods and keep up with the American trade. all of the colonies knew they had to work together
to build the railway because it was impossible to build it by themselves. Most Railways cost lots
of money because of the technology and work that went into them. The first type of
transportation was a horse drawn wagon. Many settlers lived by the rail road or near
transportation because of goods and access to many different types of things like markets or
roads.
MAKING CONNECTIONS:
TEXT to SELF:
I think that the railway really helped the colonies because it would let them move goods and all
types of objects across BNA and would be useful to the people inside the colonies. One reason
that this lead to confederation was that all the colonies had to work together to make the railway
and make things work out.
TEXT to WORLD:
This railway helped to grow Canada to form what we are now. The Canadian Pacific Railway
helped throughout the years of transportation of goods.
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