1. Canadian Confederation
... overriding the English minority and the Constitutional Act didn't serve its purpose in setting up a democracy. However, an English-dominated council ran the government in Lower Canada. As stated by Peter Wait in, The Illustrated History of Canada, "A proposal for unification of the Canada's, pressed forward by colonial officials and English merchants in 1822, had only heightened French-Canadian fears of ... Province of Canada. They feared this from the George - Etienne Cartier and John A. Macdonald government who adapted the movement for Confederation in 1858. From the Reform party, led...
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