Unit 2

Towards Confederation



Chapter 7 Overview


At the end of Chapter 7, you should be able to answer the following questions:


  1. What effects did Confederation have on the various groups of people involved? (What issues faced Confederation?)
  2. To what extent was Confederation an attempt to solve existing problems and to lay a foundation for a country?
You will use Chapter 7: Creating a New Country of the textbook, Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.

  • Lesson 1: pages 146 to 154
  • Lesson 2: pages 155 to 163