TFSmith121
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Considering Confederation didn't become official until
Considering Confederation didn't become official until three months after the sale, "Canada" as such didn't exist, and one would expect most of British North America could not have cared less - some British Columbians et al were presumably opposed to it, but in the scheme of everything else going on in BNA in 1867, one would expect the majority of the residents/subjects in the Province of Canada and the colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland had other concerns.
Even BCers presumably weren't rioting in the streets over it, since they didn't join the Dominion until 1871...
The other thing to remember is the Russians had been talking, unofficially and officially, about selling to the US as far back as the 1850s, largely because of the results of the 1854-56 war; even the Buchanan administration had sponsored some talks.
Best,
I'm curious: do you have a link about Canada's reaction to the Alaska sale? I'm interested in knowing more about this.
Considering Confederation didn't become official until three months after the sale, "Canada" as such didn't exist, and one would expect most of British North America could not have cared less - some British Columbians et al were presumably opposed to it, but in the scheme of everything else going on in BNA in 1867, one would expect the majority of the residents/subjects in the Province of Canada and the colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland had other concerns.
Even BCers presumably weren't rioting in the streets over it, since they didn't join the Dominion until 1871...
The other thing to remember is the Russians had been talking, unofficially and officially, about selling to the US as far back as the 1850s, largely because of the results of the 1854-56 war; even the Buchanan administration had sponsored some talks.
Best,
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