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ISBN: 9781459412385-02

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Towards Confederation, 1864–1867

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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Discusses the dynamics in the relationships between the various colonies, the United Kingdom’s government and relations with the United States from 1864 which produced the specific structure embedded in confederation in 1867.

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Ed Whitcomb

Ed Whitcomb has a Ph.D. in History from the University of London. After a short university teaching career he worked in the Canadian foreign service specializing in political, economic, strategic, and intelligence analysis. He has lived in four regions of Canada as well as in four other countries with federal constitutions. He has published numerous articles on Canadian history, and is the author of a series of ten brief histories of the Canadian provinces.