tailieunhanh - The Fathers of Confederation

The sources of the Canadian Dominion must be sought in the period immediately following the American Revolution. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris granted independence to the Thirteen Colonies. Their vast territories, rich resources, and hardy population were lost to the British crown. From the ruins of the Empire, so it seemed for the moment, the young Republic rose. The issue of the struggle gave no indication that British power in America could ever be revived; and King George mournfully hoped that posterity would not lay at his door 'the downfall of this once respectable empire.'. | Fathers of Confederation by A. H. U. Colquhoun 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV Fathers of Confederation by A. H. U. Colquhoun Project Gutenberg s The Fathers of Confederation by A. H. U. Colquhoun This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion Author A. H. U. Colquhoun Release Date September 13 2009 EBook 29972 Language English Fathers of Confederation by A. H. U. Colquhoun 2 Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION Produced by Al Haines Frontispiece The Fathers of Confederation. After a painting by Robert Harris. THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion by A. H. U. COLQUHOUN TORONTO GLASGOW BROOK COMPANY 1916 Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention TO COLONEL GEORGE T. DENISON WHOSE LIFE-WORK IS PROOF THAT LOYALTY TO THE EMPIRE IS FIDELITY TO CANADA ix CONTENTS Page I. THE DAWN OF THE MOVEMENT .1 II. OBSTACLES TO UNION . .11 III. THE EVE OF CONFEDERATION. . . . . 21 IV. THE HOUR AND THE MEN .30 V. THE CHARLOTTETOWN VI. THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE .56 VII. THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE . . . .65 VIII. THE DEBATES OF 1865 . 84 IX. ROCKS IN THE CHANNEL . . 97 X. THE BATTLE OF UNION 108 XI. THE FRAMING OF THE XII. THE FIRST DOMINION XIII. FROM SEA TO SEA. . 158 XIV. THE WORK OF THE FATHERS . . . . . . . . .188 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. .193 xi ILLUSTRATIONS Fathers of Confederation by A. H. U. Colquhoun 3 THE FATHERS OF After the painting by Robert Harris. WILLIAM page 4 From a portrait