Question: Describe the changing political economic and social factors which at first did not allow for responsible government in British North America and how they ultimately led to the adoption of responsible government in British North American colonies in the 1840s and 1850s Thesis: The influx of immigrants to North America from Britain, due to the industrial revolution, brought many profound changes to the colonies. These newly immigrated farmers, hoping to find a land to start anew without the limitations found in Britain were distraught to find the situation in the colonies similar. Therefore, In both Upper and Lower Canada, the unjust oligarchies that controlled the residents, brought on a want of reform and responsible government. The people eventually turned to armed rebellion against the British. And although, these rebellions failed, their aftermath caused the creation of Lord Durham’s Report, the merging of Upper and Lower Canada, and a responsible government to govern the newly created Province of Canada.
Confederation had succeeded in creating a new nation, but there was existed some problem within colonies British and American. How would Union solve the problem in 1860’s? The economic and trade problem was main one, American ended free trade agreement and began imposing tariffs on imports of Canadian natural -resource products. So many Canadian thought that as a move weaken to Canadian economy and force annexation of United States. So the Confederation decided to protect Canada economy from U.S.
In the 1920’s, Canada introduced higher tariffs on their products exporting, to protect Canadian made products. They also introduced the tariffs to make a little bit more money compared to the other country’s goods. However, like the idea of buying stocks, this backfired. [5] As a result of increasing tariffs, many countries, mostly in Europe had decided not to trade or import of Canada’s goods. The increase in the tariffs meant that the country had no need of such a good, if it would be easily and cheaply made in the country.
Colonies can be used to benefit the country. An example would be building a marketplace in a colony to accelerate the buying/selling of demands. It could also be used to build military power to defend the economic interest in a colony. After all colonies were taken, many countries started fighting and war broke out. They also thought that having a large empire would help to make them richer and more militarily powerful .People were greedy to get their hands on the colony for the sake of the money they can get.
A good way to get more materials involves finding more land to claim that has the materials on them, thus the British colonization of North America. When the British began to colonize the Americas they came into a huge amount of raw materials that allowed them to begin making finished goods that sold for more than then raw materials. The Americas also gave the British a domestic trading partner, with a domestic trading partner Britain began to make even more money. When the British began realizing the tremendous amount of materials the colonists were sitting on Britain shut down trade to other nations which put a collar on the growing American economy and gave the British a monopoly over a large amount of trade. The role of mercantilism to the colonial process of North America was very important.
The Seven Years War also increased Britain’s empire in the colonies and therefore had more power and control of the governing of the colonies. These changes strained relations between the colonists and Britain because Britain felt dominating over the colonies while the colonies wanted to separate. Economically speaking, the Seven Year’s War had a huge impact on the colonists and Great Britain. The war convinced the colonists of their growing strength, but it left them weak in man power and in debt. Debt in England was greatly increased after the war, and British capital poured into the colonies.
For the later half of the 20th century European militia (mainly Belgium) was in control of Rwanda but as things became more and more hectic and the Hutu’s began to become fed up with the Tutsi’s most all of the European militia pulled out of Rwanda. The Belgium initially took interest in Rwanda because of the mass amounts of tea and coffee that could be produced. Throughout their stay in Rwanda the Belgian’s really pushed equality between the Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s and because before they moved in the Hutu’s were more powerful than the Tutsi’s they were outraged that they were being treated equally. Instead of really pushing this issue of equality and rights Belgium ignored it. So the Hutu’s felt that they had to take things into their own hands and so they were able to ship in machetes from China for about a dime each.
Confederation: Reaction from the Colonies Nova Scotia When Nova Scotian delegates like Charles Tupper returned home from the Quebec Conference, they were met with trouble. Opposition leaders, especially Joseph Howe, were stirring up hostility against a union. One of the 72 resolutions was to grant a subsidy (financial support) based on population to each of the provinces from the central government every year and Nova Scotia’s portion only amounted to forty cents per person. Joseph Howe and many others objected to this agreement saying, “Tupper has sold us out to central Canada for a grant of forty cents per person – the price of a sheepskin.” They were worried that the Canadians would dominate the new government because of their size and
The spectacular continental expansion Westward and the advent of new technologies during the industrial revolution were rapidly allowing for new concepts and new propositions. The widespread recognition of Social Darwinism provided Americans with a sense of moral superiority – an obligation to assist backward cultures and seemingly ‘remedial’ civilisations all over the world. The Monroe Doctrine remained a bold international statement of American authority, and the new ‘Manifest Destiny’ represented action and divine guidance. America was brimming with optimism, frustration, chivalry, hope and action. Despite McKinley’s attempts at diplomacy, he was feeble opposition to the emotional magnitude of what was emerging in America.
American Imperialism Imperialism is the advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas. This is how America came to be the most powerful nation, by eliminating racial discrimination. In the late Nineteenth Century, interests, ideology, and strategic interests encouraged American imperialism. Economic interests in other countries are what helped America improve their economic status. Making more trading routes around the world will increase trade with other countries.