What the history of Prince Edward island?

Answer 1

Every one needs to know about the History of P. E. I.

Main article: History of Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island was originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. They named the island Abegweit, meaning Land Cradled on the Waves. They believed that the island was formed by the Great Spirit placing some dark red clay which was shaped as a crescent on the Blue Waters.

As part of the French colony of Acadia, the island was called Île Saint-Jean. Roughly one thousand Acadians lived on the island. However, many fled to the island from mainland Nova Scotia during the British-ordered expulsion of Acadians in 1755. Many more were forcibly deported in 1758 when British soldiers, under the command of Colonel Andrew Rollo, were ordered by General Jeffery Amherst to capture the island.

The new British colony of "St. John's Island", also known as the "Island of St. John", was settled by "adventurous Victorian families looking for elegance on the sea. Prince Edward Island became a fashionable retreat in the eighteenth century for British nobility".[3]

In 1798, Great Britain changed the colony's name from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island to distinguish it from similar names in the Atlantic, such as the cities of Saint John and St. John's. The colony's new name honoured the fourth son of King George III, Prince Edward Augustus, the Duke of Kent (1767–1820), who was then commanding British troops in Halifax. Prince Edward was also the father of Queen Victoria.


[edit] Joining Canada
In September 1864, Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference, which was the first meeting in the process leading to the Articles of Confederation and the creation of Canada in 1867. Prince Edward Island did not find the terms of union favourable and balked at joining in 1867, choosing to remain part of the nation of Great Britain and Ireland. In the late 1860s, the colony examined various options, including the possibility of becoming a discrete dominion unto itself, as well as entertaining delegations from the United States, who were interested in Prince Edward Island joining the United States of America.

In the early 1870s, the colony began construction of a railway and frustrated by Great Britain's Colonial Office, began negotiations with the United States. In 1873, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, anxious to thwart American expansionism and facing the distraction of the Pacific Scandal, negotiated for Prince Edward Island to join Canada. The Federal Government of Canada assumed the colony's railway debts and agreed to finance a buy-out of the last of the colony's absentee landlords to free the island of leasehold tenure and from any new migrants entering the island. Prince Edward Island entered Confederation on July 1, 1873.

As a result of having hosted the inaugural meeting of Confederation, the Charlottetown Conference, Prince Edward Island presents itself as the "Birthplace of Confederation" with several buildings, a ferry vessel, and the Confederation Bridge, the longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world[4], using the term "confederation" in many ways. The most prominent building in the province with this name is the Confederation Centre of the Arts, presented as a gift to Prince Edward Islanders by the 10 provincial governments and the Federal Government upon the centenary of the Charlottetown Conference, where it stands in Charlottetown as a national monument to the "Fathers of Confederation."

Answer 2

Long before cars and bridges, the island was home to the Micmac (or Mi'kmaq) people. Primarily hunters and fishers, the Micmac moved seasonally in pursuit of their resources: In winter they hunted moose, caribou and other large game. The rest of the year, they fished and collected shellfish, berries, roots and nuts.

The Micmac lived on the island undisturbed until 1534, when French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived. The French didn't actually establish a colony until 1719, and that settlement didn't last long—the settlers were expelled by the British in 1758. A few families escaped expulsion, and their descendants make up most of the Acadian population that lives in the western part of the island.

Initially annexed to Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island was surveyed in 1764 and divided into 67 lots, or townships, which were then distributed in a lottery in England. Most of those who were awarded these lands hired tenants to farm their parcels while they remained in England. This period of absentee landlordship ended in 1853, when the local government began to buy back most of the land for resale to the tenants.

In time, Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation as a separate province. The Charlottetown Conference, where the idea of uniting Canada (then Ontario and Quebec) with the Maritime provinces was first discussed, was held on Prince Edward Island in 1864. Islanders make much of being the birthplace of confederation, but at the time of the conference there was little interest among PEI residents in uniting with other colonies. The island joined the new country six years later.

Today, the province is one of Canada's more important producers of potatoes (almost half of the province is farmland). Fishing has always made a significant contribution to the economy, and in recent years, aerospace has been growing in importance. Tourism is also helping to drive the provincial economy, as more travelers become acquainted with the island's charms.

Answer 3

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