what was important things for business on july 1, 1867 in cananda?

Question

in history we're making a newspaper for july 1, 1867 in nova scotia, canada and i need to know what would be in the business section plz help, plz plz pretty plz

im using my dads yahoo lol srry not important answer plz

Answer 1

Don't listen to these guys. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec all united on July 1, 1867. As for the business section at this time, you might consider that Nova Scotia had a thriving fishing industry, there was banking, and Halifax served as an important port for trade to both the United States and Europe. Sorry, but tourism came later. Hope this helps some. Also: try typing 'Confederation, original provinces of Canada' into a search engine and see what comes up.
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Answer 2

Wikipedia is your friend. And, so is a causal passing knowledge of Canada.

Even this yank recognizes Canada's "Independence Day" aka "Confederation Day." And, as the other answerer points out, NS didn't join for some time, and this Confederation would've had very negative news stories in NS.

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to dmbandlerico --

The American Civil war ended in 1865. The slaves were long free by this time.

In fact, the reason why the Brits encouraged Canada to form their own country is that some feared that a well-armed American army could turn its attentions to Canada, and capture it. Cross-border raids by US militias were common thru the 1830's, causing the Brits / Canadians to have a string of forts along their southern border. At the end of the American Civil War, the US military was far stronger than anything else in the Western Hemisphere.

Answer 3

Hmm the day Canada became a country, eh? Except NS didn't join the confederation until later. You should go to your local library and look up some real newspapers from 1867 on microfilm.
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Technically, NS was one of the original colonies to join confederation on July 1, 1867 but in the case of NS, you can consider it more of an acquisition. NS did not want to be part of Canada and the Nova Scotia colonial flag flew there up to as recently as the 1920's. Nearly all of NS' seats in parliament (18 of 19) were anti-confederates. It was only after Howe went to Britain to negotiate better financial terms that Nova Scotian's began to accept Confederation. Still, NS' House of Assembly refused to recognize the legitimacy of confederation and to this day has yet to be rescinded.

Confederation was devastating to business in NS. NS was a leader in shipbuilding, shipping, apples, potatoes and coal at the time. Changes in technology at the time did not help either. Here's a quote from Encarta:

"At the time of Confederation, Nova Scotia had entered a period of economic turmoil. Its leadership in wood shipbuilding diminished and eventually disappeared as steel and iron replaced wood as the preferred construction material for large vessels. Trade and industry lagged after the American Civil War ended in 1865, and large numbers of Nova Scotians migrated to the newly opened lands of western Canada and the United States."
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Another answerer mentioned about freed slaves. Many of them did move to NS at the time, however there were many who were there before that. In the Revolutionary War, the British promised black loyalists plots of land in NS. Most did get their land, however the plots tended to be smaller and/or on poorer quality/non arable plots of land. Some went back to Africa and formed a colony in what is now known as Sierra Leone. Personally, I think they would have been better off in NS especially when you look at the state of affairs are there today. Read more about it here:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/pioneers/pioneers4_e.html

Answer 4

One thing that might have made the papers, or affected business up there is that the United States was now in a Civil War, as well as the fact that us Americans were freeing slaves and sending them up there to Canada via the Underground Railroad to protect them from the Southerners.

Answer 5

Ice Hockey Sticks and Beer.