Unit2-+Foundational+Objective+1

**__Export Markets: Colonial Prosperity and Vulnerablility__**
1. People from the British Isles were coming to British North America along with people from the USA. Most of the immigrants found homes in Southern Ontario. 2. The Corn Laws were a set of laws that allowed British North America to send goods over to Britain without having to pay duties on them, in other words they unlike other people didnt have to pay any taxes on the goods that they were sending to Britain. The laws were very much tied to the economic prosperity of Canada because in most cases stuff like wheat in its raw form was all ready spoken and pretty much sold before it was even planted into the soil. So British North America had a solid trading partner and knew that they would have a deal for their goods. 3. When the British Empire replled the Corn Laws British North America was in trouble, They now had competition with other places for trading to Britain if their priceses werent low enough then Britain would just take the best bargain deal which made BNA lose money and the econimy there started to fall.

**__Colonial Political Instability and The American Threat__**
1. The newly formed Government had challenges like rep by pop, Canada West and East each had even number of seats 42, so when it came to a vote nothing was accomplished because it would always result in a tie, each of the seats in the West would vote for the west and vice versa for the East. The new Government also wanted to work on improving Colonial government but that never worked out either, over 15 years there had been a myraid of elections and 15 different governments. 2. Instead of things being based on language and religion they started to try base things on ideology 3. No the system did not work because there were 15 different governments, and each Canada West and East had 42 seats. 4. Parties started to emerge in the 1830's it longed for responsible government 5. The two political parties were the Conservative which was led by Macdonald and George-Etienne Cartier and the Liberals who was led by George Brown. 6. The Liberals were all for free and fair elections, human rights, capitalism, free trade and the freedom of religion. While the Conservitaves promotes the maintainence of traditional institutaions, supports miminal and gradual change in society and ephasize stability 7. The british term for a man viewed as a rascal with dissipated habits (or common prostitute haha I'm funny) 8. The Tories and the Parti Bleu were able to co-operate, while the Liberals and Conservatives are like they are today, unable to get along and are at each others throats. 9.



10. It created the parties which lead to the party paltforms, The Liberals and Convservatives are still around today but with other parties like the Bloc Quebec and The Green Party. Yes Quebec wants to be different from the rest of Canada they want to be their own country the french still think they are different and need to be more distinct then the english and by seperating from Canada they think they will accomplish that. 11.George Brown of the Reform Party(Liberals) was all for "rep by pop" while in Lower Canada it was not popular at all

1. Manifest Destiny is when you have the feeling you were born to do something. You have some purpose that must be fufilled So for the American's it was their destiny to control all of North America! This affects the sovereignty of British North America because the United State's is going to be looking for any chance to try and take over their land to push the boarder lines. 2. The reciprocity agreement was an agreement that allowed the USA and North America to trade with eachother without having to pay duites on anything going in and out. This affected Canada because it BOOMED the economy, the reason the United States cancelled the agreement was because they felt North America was getting more out of the deal then they were. Plus they figured once the deal was broken off it would leave them weak and open for attack.
 * __Reciprocity Agreemnet:__**

There are many risk to being just an export Nation such as Canada is. If something were to happen and Canada was to say or go agaisnt soemthing their trading partners believed in this could cause the other party to refuse goods. So as an export Country we have to watch what we say, and do becuse if we slip up it could effect the economy. Not only that what if the resources that were being exported ran out? If Canada runs out of the goods that wer are sending to other countries and making money off of we are messed in all kinds of ways. Being someone that is 19 a good economy is very important to me right now as I'm about to graduate and hopefuly soon go off into my own little world. Then what if another country has the same goods that Canada does but are offering it at a lower price? Well then either the other Country and Canada go into a "Lowering Price" War to see who can sell their good; whoever has the better price is going to get the deal in the end of it all. Then if we didnt get the best price we would have to try and look else where to sell our goods and if that took alot of time we would be out of alot of money. So yes there are many risks of being an export Nation and I think living in such a Nation our Country will have to watch its back in all areas politacal and non-politacal. I think Canada as an export Country is still a trend today we do huge ammounts of trading not just to the United States but also to China,so like I have said we need to watch what we do or say, or it could affect us greatly.
 * __The Big Question__**