Unit 2

Towards Confederation



Factors that lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation

The big question at the beginning of Unit 2 was the following:

How did military, economic, and political factors in the 1700s and 1800s lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation?


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  1. Review Chapters 5, 6, and 7 to identify military, economic, and political factors during the 1700s and 1800s that lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation.

  2. For this assessment, you will identify and describe
      • two military factors that lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation

      • two economic factors that lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation

      • two political factors that lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation

  3. Choose one of the following formats to present your information.
      • a chart you construct in Microsoft Word

      • a PowerPoint presentation (Text is required.)


Be sure you have met the following criteria in your final product:

  • You have identified and described two military factors, two economic factors, and two political factors that lay the foundation for Canadian Confederation.

Your presentation will be evaluated according to the rubric.
 

Click here to download the rubric

Submit your completed Unit 2 Final Assessment on the next page.