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The Nations of Canada

A narrative history of Canada from its first inhabitants to the present day.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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37:55

Episode 196: England is Sick of Her Colonies

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2024/05/29

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.

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33:01

Episode 195: Mr. Macdonald Goes to Washington

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2024/05/22

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: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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46:54

Episode 194: We Must Make Canada Respect Us

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2024/05/15

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 supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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40:49

Episode 193: Everywhere is Conjecture

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2024/05/08

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.

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38:42

Episodes 192: Canada First

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2024/05/01

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.

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42:40

Episode 191: A Mere Outport of the New Dominion

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2024/04/24

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.

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36:24

Episode 190: Secession and Assassination

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2024/04/17

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.

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31:23

Episode 189: Questions and Answers

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2024/04/10

The podcast takes a pause in the narrative to field questions from listeners.

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46:27

Episode 188: This Peaceful Revolution

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2024/04/03

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.

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42:12

Episode 187: The Battle of Ridgeway

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2024/03/27

After several false alarms British North America undergoes two Fenian invasions in a matter of weeks, creating the greatest security crisis in a generation.

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37:05

Episode 186: The Fenians

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2024/03/20

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.

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33:03

Episode 185: I Have No Faith in Canadian Statesmen

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2024/03/13

As the Maritime delegates return home from the Quebec conference, they discover that the voting public does not necessarily approve of their work.

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38:38

Episode 184: The Tenant League

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2024/03/06

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.

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41:31

Episode 183: The Confederacy in Canada

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2024/02/28

Attempting to stave off defeat, an increasingly desperate Confederacy turns to an espionage campaign in Canada, perched on the Union's unprotected northern flank.

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43:47

Episode 182: The Two Conferences

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2024/02/21

Canadian delegates crash a conference on Maritime Union, and present a much more ambitious confederation of British North American possessions.

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33:52

Episode 181: A Tremendous Thing If We Accomplish It

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2024/02/14

With Canada facing crippling railway debts, political paralysis and dysfunction, and a looming security threat, George Brown proposes major constitutional change.

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42:09

Episode 180: The Chilcotin War

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2024/02/07

While the Civil War rages in the east, the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia face their own conflicts.

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41:20

Episode 179: A Hot Southern Town

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2024/01/31

The American Civil War comes to the Maritime colonies, as a network of Confederate agents develops in Halifax.

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36:26

Episode 178: Is She Prepared for War

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2024/01/24

The outbreak of the Civil War in the United States creates both threats and opportunities for British North Americans.

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38:58

Episode 177: Break Them to Pieces

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2024/01/17

The Canadian government formalizes its assimilationist Indian policy in statute, sparking a new round of resistance and political organization among indigenous communities.

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