The COlony Of BC and Joining of Confederation
- The two colonies (BC and VI) wanted to join up for financial reasons in 1866
- The Legislative Assembly was in place but there was no responsible government in charge
- They wanted Canada to pay for their Debt and build a railroad
- Some of the people on VI wanted annexation with the USA instead of confederation
- When Seymore died, Musgrave became Governor
- He suggested the two colonies send representatives to go as a delegation
- BC became a province in July 20, 1871 as Canadas 6th province
- BCs first premier was John McWright but was replaced with Amour de Cosmos
Summary
With the aid of Anthony Musgrave, the two colonies joined confederation as British Columbia, Canada's 6th province.
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