Essay About Joining Confederation

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Confederation Essay Confederation is the joining of all the colonies to make one unified country. New Brunswick should be a part of this great unified country. Did you know that the highest tides in the world can be found in New Brunswick’s Bay of Fundy, and that because the tides are so high the water actually flows backwards in the St. Johns River twice a day? Well this is a truly amazing place but still needs some help and can’t do it on there own, if they joined confederation they would have protection, they would have railways and they would be able increase their agriculture. Firstly if New Brunswick joined confederation they would have protection. Let’s begin with the Fenians. The Fenians are a group…show more content…
Railways are expensive. The colony of New Brunswick is big, but not big enough to build a railway across it, to connect with other colonies. If New Brunswick joined confederation then the money combined could go to make the railway. New Brunswick also does not have enough resources to build a railway by themselves. For one thing they don’t have all the tools necessary to build a proper railway across of New Brunswick. To continue they would need large quantise of materials, such as nails and steel which they will not be able to afford. With the railway they would be able to increase their…show more content…
Over half of the colony’s land is suitable for farming and almost 90% is forest. Even though it has a lot of it is suitable farmland much of it is not yet cultivated. Furthermore if New Brunswick joined confederation it would increase the farming because the government could fund some money to cultivate the land. When New Brunswick increases their agriculture it will also increase their trade. Let’s begin with Lumber, 90% of New Brunswick is farming, some of that lumber can be used to trade with other colonies for items that will benefit New Brunswick such as ploughs and cattle. Moreover by trading with the other colonies this allows for New Brunswick to grow and

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