Why Did Canada Become a Country Events Leading

Why Did Canada Become a Country? Events Leading to Confederation (British North America becomes Canada)

Events Leading to Confederation Political Deadlock Intercolonial trade Reciprocity Britain’s repeal of the corn laws The Fenian Raids US Doctrine of Manifest Destiny Transportation (Railway)

Assignment: You will create a presentation consisting of: 4 slides maximum: Slide 1: Title and By line Slide 2 and 3: What is the event? Who was involved? How did it help move the colonies towards forming Canada (Confederation)? Include images to support your information Slide 4: References

References These should be done correctly following the formats available at http: //www. easybib. com/ (link is available on the History webpage) A list of references that you can use are also posted on the webpage - this should give you a good head start on your research for next class

Presentations each group will be required to present the information that they find on their specific event that led to Confederation and the making of Canada a rubric will be provided to you next week in class to guide you on how to be successful

Timeline: Monday March 23 choose topic and determine who will research what portion of the project March 23 -March 30 Research your topic Monday March 30 Create Power. Point presentations/practice presenting Week of March 30 -April 2 presentation of topics - Wednesday and Thursday (first part of Math class)