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Canada
Following a series of rebellions, the British North American colonies
achieved self-government in 1848. But the economic situation was dire.
The colonies, immersed as they were in the 1847 global
depression, could no longer rely on protective tariffs once the
British repealed the Corn Laws. Famished and disease-stricken Irish
immigrants flooded the new state. Young men in Canada West left in
droves for the United States due to a shortage of agricultural land.
The 1849 Gold Rush brought tens of thousands of gold diggers from the
USA to Canada. Riots erupted in Montreal. A Rebellion Losses Bill,
intended to compensate some of the victims of the 1837-38 rebellion,
further drained the country's dilapidated resources.
By 1849, many Canadians were clamoring to join the United states. An
Annexation Association was founded to promote unification with the
prospering southern neighbor. The two versions of an Annexation
Manifesto were signed by the entire business community in Montreal and
Quebec and by the nationalists, who, contrary to their name, were
republicans who preferred the USA to the British crown.
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