Confederation of Canada (1867)

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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:holiday
gptkbp:date 1867-07-01
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
pre-Confederation Canada
political deadlock in Canada East and Canada West
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confederation of Canada (1867)
gptkbp:impact influenced future Canadian provinces
set a precedent for future confederations
gptkbp:is_a_document_that gptkb:British_North_America_Act,_1867
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Joseph_Howe
gptkb:John_A._Macdonald
gptkb:Charles_Monck
gptkb:George-Étienne_Cartier
gptkbp:outcome increased political stability
creation of a federal government
provinces gained autonomy
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Ontario
gptkb:Quebec
gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:region gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Prince_Edward_Island
gptkb:Newfoundland_and_Labrador
gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkb:Manitoba
gptkbp:related_concept gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Canadian_Confederation
gptkb:Embassy
gptkb:organization
colonial governance
British colonial policy
provincial rights
interprovincial trade
constitutional development
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Charlottetown_Conference
gptkb:Quebec_Conference
gptkb:British_North_America_Act
gptkbp:significance established the Dominion of Canada
gptkbp:territory gptkb:4
gptkbp:type gptkb:Monarch
parliamentary democracy
federal union
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Formation_of_the_Province_of_Quebec_(1763)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5