What were the pros and cons of the british colonies?

Answer 1

The PROS of joining confederation were that British Columbia could run successfully after the death of Governor Seymour and the replacement by Anthony Musgrave, there would be A responsible Government, and that B.C could be connected to the east by a railway. Many viewed that confederation would help BC out of its economic depression at the time. CONS- Unfortunately Sir John A Macdonald had no idea how much the railway would cost or where to put the railway through the rocky Mountains. This stalled the construction of the promised railway and did in fact cost alot;therefore, the costs were poorly estimated and the government ran underbudget for the project. Senior officials lamented the demise of the colony's old political institutions, and the fact that the province would take orders from Ottawa

Answer 2

EDIT: Below isn't really the answer. It played but a small part. The Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) was the Canadian government's main "barter piece". The British Colombian government agreed to join confederation if the CPR could connect them with the rest of Canada because it meant economic growth and in turn, better living conditions. Not only that, but the railroad also cleared a path for a telegraph line, also putting them in contact with the rest of Canada. This was the main reason.

Source: Every Canadian History coarse I've taken in school since elementary school.

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British Columbia joined the confederation because a lot of settlers came to Vancouver and wanted to join Canada. There main reason is because the colonies owed a lot of money and they know they could get some economic help from Canada.

it was because they had a financial problem b/c of the gold rush and they new they had to join a big country

Answer 3

There were a great many pros and cons of the British colonies. One pro was that there was money coming into the colony.