The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the DominionColquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
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The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion
Colquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
Canada -- History -- 1841-1867
Seymour, Frederick, governor of British Columbia, 170, 172.
Shea, Ambrose, a father of Confederation, 63 n., 82.
Smith, Sir Albert, prime minister of New Brunswick, 112, 114.
Smith, Goldwin, quoted, 21, 30, 93, 188.
Smith, William, his plan of Confederation, 2, 3, 4-6.
South Africa, her form of government, 66.
Stanley, Lord, and the naming of Canada, 128.
Steeves, W. H., a father of Confederation, 49, 63 n.
Strachan, Bishop, 7-8.
Strathcona, Lord, and the Red River Rebellion, 165.
Taché, Sir Etienne, prime minister of Canada, 39, 40, 61, 62 n., 91-2;
death of, 106.
Taché, Bishop, and the Red River Rebellion, 162, 165, 169.
Taché, J. C., 15.
Thibault, Grand Vicar, 165.
Thirteen Colonies, granted independence, 1. See United States.
Thompson, Sir John, 186-7.
Tilley, S. L., 28, 54-5; a father of Confederation, 49, 57, 62 and
note, 82, 122, 145, 181, 184; his defeat in New Brunswick, 97-9, 184;
C.B., 147.
'Trent' Affair, the, 25.
Trutch, Joseph, advocates joining the Dominion, 172.
Tupper, Charles, 46, 154; proposes a maritime union, 45, 48-9; his
services to the cause of Confederation, 45-6, 57, 62 n., 64, 82, 122,
154-6, 181, 184; plays a waiting game in Nova Scotia, 99, 104, 115-116;
waives his claim to a place in the first Dominion Cabinet, 145, 146,
152; C.B., 147, 148; his meeting with Howe in London, 154-6, 116; his
death, 178.
United States, and the 'Trent' Affair, 25; the weakness of her
constitution, 67-8, 126.
Upper Canada, 3; its relations with Lower Canada, 6-8; and
Confederation, 94-5.
Vancouver Island, 169-70.
War of 1812, a proof of the necessity for Confederation, 6-7.
Watkin, Edward, 148.
Wetmore, A. R., defeats Tilley on Confederation, 98-9.
Whelan, Edward, a father of Confederation, 63 n.
Whitney, Sir James, 151 n.
Wolseley, Colonel, quells the Red River Rebellion, 168.
Wood, E. B., 153.
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
at the Edinburgh University Press
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
PART I
THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS
1. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY
By Stephen Leacock.
2. THE MARINER OF ST MALO
By Stephen Leacock.
PART II
THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE
3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE
By Charles W. Colby.
4. THE JESUIT MISSIONS
By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.
5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA
By William Bennett Munro.
6. THE GREAT INTENDANT
By Thomas Chapais.
7. THE FIGHTING GOVERNOR
By Charles W. Colby.
PART III
THE ENGLISH INVASION
8. THE GREAT FORTRESS
By William Wood.
9. THE ACADIAN EXILES
By Arthur G. Doughty.
10. THE PASSING OF NEW FRANCE
By William Wood.
11. THE WINNING OF CANADA
By William Wood.
PART IV
THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA
12. THE FATHER OF BRITISH CANADA
By William Wood.
13. THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
By W. Stewart Wallace.
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