What factors led to other provinces joining Confederation?
The following years are when each province joined confederation.
1867 - Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia join during Confederation
1870 - Manitoba wanted to become a province, NOT a territory
1871 - British Columbia joined as a province
1873 - Prince Edward Island joined as a province
1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan started as a province
1949 - Newfoundland joined as a province
Read pages 260 - 267
Using the information found in the text, record the answers to each of these questions, for each province below:
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
What were the pressures for this province to create an identity?
What were the economic pressures this province faced?
What geographical challenges existed for this province?
There is a chart that was handed out with the notes. Record your information here.