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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Canadian_Confederation
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gptkbp:category
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Canadian history
19th-century events in Canada
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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gptkb:Canada_Day
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gptkbp:date
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July 1, 1867
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gptkbp:expansion
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Alberta joining in 1905
British Columbia joining in 1871
Manitoba joining in 1870
Newfoundland joining in 1949
Nunavut joining in 1999
Prince Edward Island joining in 1873
Saskatchewan joining in 1905
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Confederation of Canada
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
desire for economic union
end of Reciprocity Treaty with the United States
political deadlock in Province of Canada
threat of American expansion
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Nova_Scotia
gptkb:Province_of_Canada
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gptkbp:launched
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gptkb:George_Brown
gptkb:Alexander_Galt
gptkb:George-Étienne_Cartier
gptkb:John_A._Macdonald
gptkb:Samuel_Leonard_Tilley
gptkb:Charles_Tupper
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gptkbp:legalBasis
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gptkb:British_North_America_Act,_1867
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:British_North_America
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gptkbp:originalProvince
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gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Nova_Scotia
gptkb:Ontario
gptkb:Quebec
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Charlottetown_Conference
Quebec Conference
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gptkbp:recognizedBy
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gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:Parliament_of_Canada
creation of the Dominion of Canada
federal union
division of powers between federal and provincial governments
Canada as a self-governing dominion
creation of four original provinces
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gptkbp:significance
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birth of modern Canada
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:British_North_America
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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