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Evaluating the Success and Failure of the Four Constitutions Canada Had Prior to Confederation
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FIFTH TIME'S A CHARM? Evaluating the Success and Failure of the Four Constitutions Canada Had Prior to Confederation Prior to the British North America Act of 1867, the British government made four failed attempts to govern their colonies in North America. Finally, in 1846, they got the point and gave in -- they ordered the Governors of all of their colonies to accept responsible party government. The British government no longer wanted the hassle, the cost, nor the responsibility of their colonies, because, simply put, they no longer had any use for the colonies. Britain was moving in the direction toward free trade, so the colonies would not have a favoured spot in the economy, as they did in the old mercantilist system.1 Twenty one years after the colonial secretary ordered the acceptance of responsible party government, Canada became a nation of its own -- finally, the Canadians did something the British...
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