Constitutional Act 1867
The Constitution Act of 1867, the Push that Got the Ball Rolling.
Jarik Langenfurth
Social 20-1
January 7th 2013
Mr. Kardas
There are many events in the past of which we can attribute to Canada becoming the great prosperous nation that we have today. It all started with the European explorers who sailed across the dangerous Atlantic ocean to come to the “new world”, they were in control of Eastern Canada. Our Quebec and Ontario were simple know as upper and lower Canada, our maritime provinces under complete British control. Thus we as a nation didn’t become out own colony with our own government until after World War 1. But the British North American Act of 1867, renamed the Constitution Act of 1867 in 1982, was the sparked that got the ball rolling on Canada’s journey national identity and prosperity. On July 1st 1867 the Queen of England signed the proclamation, which gave Canada a federal domain and defines much of the operations of the government of Canada, many of which are still being used to date. It also brought rules and regulations into Canada’s educational system allowing us to have a much more culturally adverse education but also a better one for all Canadians. The Act also had some effect on language rights, which can be deemed very important in modern Canada. Though this did not make Canada fully independent it gave us confederation which means we were still a British colony, but it was still a massive leap it Canada’s cultural, constitutional and educational identity. It has shaped Canada in uncountable ways and still today we are reaping the benefits from it.
It wasn’t until mid-19th century that we Canada had an actual educational system; this was when the structure for modern day schools came into effect. The Canadian legislative realised that an education was need to curb the rising generations in the direction that they wanted them to go. This sometimes posed a large problem in Ontario and especially, which at that time were known as
Jarik Langenfurth
Social 20-1
January 7th 2013
Mr. Kardas
There are many events in the past of which we can attribute to Canada becoming the great prosperous nation that we have today. It all started with the European explorers who sailed across the dangerous Atlantic ocean to come to the “new world”, they were in control of Eastern Canada. Our Quebec and Ontario were simple know as upper and lower Canada, our maritime provinces under complete British control. Thus we as a nation didn’t become out own colony with our own government until after World War 1. But the British North American Act of 1867, renamed the Constitution Act of 1867 in 1982, was the sparked that got the ball rolling on Canada’s journey national identity and prosperity. On July 1st 1867 the Queen of England signed the proclamation, which gave Canada a federal domain and defines much of the operations of the government of Canada, many of which are still being used to date. It also brought rules and regulations into Canada’s educational system allowing us to have a much more culturally adverse education but also a better one for all Canadians. The Act also had some effect on language rights, which can be deemed very important in modern Canada. Though this did not make Canada fully independent it gave us confederation which means we were still a British colony, but it was still a massive leap it Canada’s cultural, constitutional and educational identity. It has shaped Canada in uncountable ways and still today we are reaping the benefits from it.
It wasn’t until mid-19th century that we Canada had an actual educational system; this was when the structure for modern day schools came into effect. The Canadian legislative realised that an education was need to curb the rising generations in the direction that they wanted them to go. This sometimes posed a large problem in Ontario and especially, which at that time were known as