Unit 2

Towards Confederation



Chapter 5 Overview


At the end of Chapter 5, you should be able to answer the following questions:


  1. What were the challenges of the events leading to Confederation?
  2. What challenges among British, Canadian, and First Nations people did the wars produce?
  3. How did military events and their consequences contribute to the foundation of Canada?
You will use Chapter 5: War and Peace from the textbook, Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.

  • Lesson 1: pages 98 to 110
  • Lesson 2: pages 111 to 115
  • Lesson 3: pages 116 to 120

France and England were always at war and wanted to take control of Acadia for a reason.


  Read

Go back to pages 52 and 53 of Chapter 3 in the textbook to review the concept of mercantilism.


  Watch

Watch the video on mercantilism again.

Remember that countries wanted to control land so they could buy and sell resources from the colonies.