In which we we discuss the officialization of the British North America Act, its immediate impact, and much more as Canada takes on its first kind of independent form! We also discuss photographer William Notman as a case study for how culture is changing in the new country. It's an episode of debates, dirty tricks, exclusions, and parties!
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Further Reading:
- The British North America Act, 1867, https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t13.html
- Hayday, Matthew. “British North America Act.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Heidt, Daniel, editor. Reconsidering Canada: Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864-1999, University of Calgary Press, 2018.
- Martin, Ged. Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-1867, UBC Press, 1995. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/404058
- Silver, A. I. The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1997, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1287sgt.
- Smith, Peter J. “The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation.” Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne De Science Politique, vol. 20, no. 1, 1987, pp. 3–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3228803.
- Triggs, Stanley G.. "William Notman". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 15 December 2015, Historica Canada. http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=1&tablename=artist&elementid=00480__true
