Signed by Queen Victoria in 1867, the colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada (Upper and Lower Canada) were united under the British North America Act, allowing local self-government. The Dominion of Canada was born officially on July 1, 1867. But, the birth of the new country was not smooth and painless. One province fought against the process, thinking they were being bulldozed by the British government.
Local elections in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1865 signalled public displeasure at the idea of uniting. Confederation was a movement started at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 and pushed forward by the then-governing official Charles Tupper and the British Governor, Edward Cardwell.
Written in the British North America Act, Confederation was pushed through without election or consent of the colonies, a legal move permitted through the Constitution. Nova Scotia had enough power to defeat the motion, had they been given the opportunity. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland flatly refused to join at that time. It was generally thought that “the mainland colonies were the important ones and Confederation would go ahead,” thus the opinion that the islands were not given their proper due.
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