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Friday, June 9, 2017

How Fathers Of Confederation Saved Canada

By Jason Burns


Every country has people they can thank for the peace and freedom they are enjoying today. These are the people who gave their all to mask sure countries worked together. British American colonies can credit their agreement to work together under one nation to fathers of confederation. They are the people who sat down to have meaningful talks about the stability of these colonies.

It is because of people like Leonard Tilley that Canada never got swallowed to become a state in America. Tilley who was a pharmacists had to sell his store in order to pursue a political career. Almost each person who worked tirelessly to make Canada independent had another career before. These men worked hard to make sure Canada was not scooped to be a part of America.

These men are the reason Canada exists due to the effort they put into it. America had previously fought the British into attaining their independence by the now called Canada was still under their rule. During the American civil war British supported the southern territories instead of siding with Canada who by them did not have military power and America took advantage of the situation.

The north was still angry at Britain for failing to provide them with necessary military support. After that war the British government was not willing to pay in order to defend them from the United States which wanted to take over the northern part. Therefore they realized the only possible way to defeat America was if the north part become an in dependent country.

There were economic issues that these founders based their arguments from before alliance was fully formed. Holding three conferences trying to pass the idea some countries had not realized the importance. Before the alliance countries would not trade freely. After the alliance trade become easy which explains why a Canadian citizen does not need any kind of visa to go to the United States.

In the same period the northern colonies especially the province of Canada had some political problems. The two parties involved in making decisions on how to run the country had differences. They also did not speak the same language. Some spoke English while others used French to communicate so joining other colonies made the decision making process easier.

These brave men will be celebrated for longer generations however not each of their story ended yup successfully. Darcy McGee who was an Irish born journalist who later moved to Montreal to become part of the revolution. However after about ten years of being part of the revolution he was shot and killed in what is believed to have been a premeditated plan.

These are heroes whose good work will never be forgotten. The entire event is still cherished by Canadians to this very day. They saw things differently and worked towards creating an amazing nation that it is today. The first Canadian Prime Minister John Macdonald was also part of the team involved in planning which was part of amazing change.




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