The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City: The Meeting That Made Canada

by Christopher Moore

Book Overview

In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent-spanning new nation. Federation, in principle, had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670065250
• ISBN13: 9780670065257
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.