... would result in the creation of employment through railways and coalmines along with many other endless possibilities. This was the reason some people were convinced on the idea of confederation. Prince Edward Island was extremely uninterested in confederacy. Goldwin Smith remarked, "Most Islanders had never been away from the Island in their lives (at least according to George Brown) and they ... a very efficient and reliable source of transportation. They were offered a railroad from the federal government if they joined Confederation. This was an opportunity they couldn't resist. Som...

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... two official languages. Canada has ten provinces and three territories. Provinces Capitals Alberta Edmonton British Columbia Victoria Manitoba Winnipeg New Brunswick Frederichton Newfoundland St. John Nova Scotia Halifax Ontario Toronto Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Quebec Quebec City Saskatchewan Regina The Canadian territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon Territory. Canada's national capital is Ottawa. Canada's climate is very much influenced by ... ...

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... two official languages. Canada has ten provinces and three territories. Provinces Capitals Alberta Edmonton British Columbia Victoria Manitoba Winnipeg New Brunswick Frederichton Newfoundland St. John Nova Scotia Halifax Ontario Toronto Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Quebec Quebec City Saskatchewan Regina The Canadian territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon Territory. Canada's national capital is Ottawa. Canada's climate is very much influenced by ... ...

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... States had a trade economy which benefited the Maritime Provinces. Eventually the Maritime Provinces began to agree with the ideas of confederation. This was mainly after the Charlottetown Conference held in Prince Edward Island. One thing that helped the transition of anti-confederates to accept the ideas of confederation was a railway called the "Grand Trunk Railway" which connected Quebec, Ontario, U.S., and the ... ...

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... the "Seven Year War." This was a time when the French began to settle along the St. Lawrence River, in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and on Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island. The English, who came to Canada after the French, settled along the east coast in an area called the Thirteen Colonies. The British and the French were at ... ...

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... her to communicate, and Mrs. E. thought that she would have to take responsibility if Eve were ever to become pregnant (Supreme Court records). Mrs. E.'s application to the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island was successful, thus Eve appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada after the court made Eve a ward of the Court pursuant to the Medical Health Act solely to ... ...

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... two official languages. Canada has ten provinces and three territories. Provinces Capitals Alberta Edmonton British Columbia Victoria Manitoba Winnipeg New Brunswick Frederichton Newfoundland St. John Nova Scotia Halifax Ontario Toronto Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Quebec Quebec City Saskatchewan Regina The Canadian territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon Territory. Canada's national capital is Ottawa. Canada's climate is very much influenced by ... ...

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... as the Maritimes and Upper and Lower Canada. Forty thousand immigrants were given land in Nova Scotia (which later became part of New Brunswick), the Island of St. John (later Prince Edward Island), Cape Breton and the Canadas. Each colony was influenced by economic, political, and social. Directly after the war, Privateers came to New England and caused much hardship with ... ...

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... is different, it has large bays, peninsulas, numerous coastal islands and it also has the Arctic Archipelago. On the East coast the largest islands are Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Anticosti and Prince Edward. On the West coast the largest islands are the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Vancouver Island. They are many smaller islands in the Hudson Bay. East Canada consists of ... ...

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