History Test Page 3

• Representation by population

  System that allocates political seats based on population. Highly populated areas would receive more representatives.
• Equal Representation


  Each region had the same number of seats.
• George Brown


  • Strong proponent of representation by population
  • Owned the newspaper The Globe, which was very popular in Toronto
  • Leveraged control of the paper to write articles promoting representation by population
• George-Etienne Carter


  • Dominant figure in politics in Canada East
  • Strongly opposed to representation by population
  • Believed this would give more power to the English speaking majority
  • Feared the culture would not survive
• Sir John A. Macdonald


  A political figure
• Macdonald's goals


  1. Stop the political deadlock

  2. Convince other politicians to agree to a confederation
• Territories united in the confederation

  • Canada East
  • Canada West
  • Prince Edward Island
  • New Brunswick
  • Nova Scotia
• Charlottetown Conference


  1. In September 1864, a conference was held to unite the maritime Colonies

  2. The purpose of the union was to make the maritime colonies less dependant on britain

  3. John A. Hacdonald proposed the plan of creating a union with Canada
• Quebec Conference


  1. In October 1864 a second conference was held to Continue the discussion about the creation of a single State

  2. The representatives voted in favour of the Québec resolutions

  3. The Quebec Resolutions were a group of statements written at the Quebec Conference

  4. These statements were important because they served as a framework for the Canadian Constitution
• London Conference


  1. In December of 1866, politicians from Canada East, Canada West, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick met with the British goverment to discuss the future of the colonies

  2. This meeting led to the creation of the dominion of Canada
• Foreign Policy


  • The governments strategy in dealing with other nations
  • Britain wanted control of the policy because it meant they could make negotiations on behalf of Canada