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Greg Koabel

The Nations of Canada

A weekly History podcast
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The Nations of Canada

Greg Koabel

The Nations of Canada

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The Nations of Canada

Greg Koabel

The Nations of Canada

A weekly History podcast
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Canadian negotiators begin the treaty-making process in the northwest, and find their work far more challenging than they anticipated.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Manitoba, Canada's newest province, is faced with the challenge of managing an anxious Metis majority, a well-armed Canadian minority, and the possible threat of a Fenian invasion.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod
As Canada seeks an outlet on the Pacific Ocean, the colonists of British Columbia contemplate their future in the British Empire.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
As British and American diplomats gather in Washington for the largest Anglo-American conference in a generation, John A. Macdonald joins the British delegation, to ensure Canadian interests are represented.Become a supporter of this podcast: h
In the thrilling conclusion to the Red River Crisis, Ottawa agrees to several of the provisional government's demands, creating hte province of Manitoba, but more ominously, also despatches a military expedition into the northwest.Become a supp
Ottawa's plans for expansion in the northwest meet resistance on the Red River.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Canada begins its first great national project - a settlement frontier in the northwest.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Wary Newfoundlanders contemplate an invitation to join the Canadian confederation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
In the first year of its existence, Canada faces a province seeking to leave the union, and the assassination of one of its leading politicians.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/
The podcast takes a pause in the narrative to field questions from listeners.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Two and a half years after the Quebec Conference, and after bitter debates, dead-ends, political pressure of dubious constitutionality from London, two elections in New Brunswick, and an invasion or two, confederation finally comes into effect.
After several false alarms British North America undergoes two Fenian invasions in a matter of weeks, creating the greatest security crisis in a generation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-can
The end of the Civil War in the United States creates a military threat to British North America, though not the one many Canadians feared.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/sup
As the Maritime delegates return home from the Quebec conference, they discover that the voting public does not necessarily approve of their work. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--45729
When all conventional political solutions to Prince Edward Island's intractable Land Question fail (including union with Canada), the farmers of the colony take matters into their own hands.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreak
Attempting to stave off defeat, an increasingly desperate Confederacy turns to an espionage campaign in Canada, perched on the Union's unprotected northern flank.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-o
Canadian delegates crash a conference on Maritime Union, and present a much more ambitious confederation of British North American possessions.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/s
With Canada facing crippling railway debts, political paralysis and dysfunction, and a looming security threat, George Brown proposes major constitutional change.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-o
While the Civil War rages in the east, the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia face their own conflicts.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
The American Civil War comes to the Maritime colonies, as a network of Confederate agents develops in Halifax.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
The outbreak of the Civil War in the United States creates both threats and opportunities for British North Americans.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
The Canadian government formalizes its assimilationist Indian policy in statute, sparking a new round of resistance and political organization among indigenous communities.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the
The Prince of Wales visits Canada, and discovers that some of his mother's subjects there are a bit too loyal to the Crown.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Canadian politics enters a state of paralysis as trans-national coalition governments become ever more difficult to maintain. The only answer appears to be dramatic constitutional reform.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker
A reformed rebel arrives in Montreal, intent on constructing a distinct Canadian national identity that includes British, French, and Irish components.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4
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