newfoundland became a part of canada in 1763.
newfoundland became a part of canada in 1763.
when did newfoundland become a part of canada?
1763
in 1869, the people of newfoundland voted to remain a british colony over fears that taxes would increase with confederation, and that the economic policy of the canadian government would favour mainland industries. in 1907, newfoundland acquired dominion status. in the middle of the great depression in canada with newfoundland facing a prolonged period of economic crisis, the legislature turned over political control to the newfoundland commission of government in 1933. following canada's participation in world war ii, in a 1948 referendum, a narrow majority of newfoundland citizens voted to join the confederation, and on march 31, 1949, newfoundland became canada's tenth province. in 2001, it was officially renamed newfoundland and labrador.
provinces and territories of canada
the london delegation, made up of so-called anti-confederates, preferred that newfoundland become independent rather than join canada. the group left newfoundland on april 25, 1947, and met with a british delegation headed by the dominions secretary, viscount addison. the british response to the delegation was that it would give no economic help to newfoundland if it returned to responsible government. the leader of the delegation from newfoundland, peter cashin, gave an angry speech to the convention on may 19 claiming, "a conspiracy existed to sell this country to the dominion of canada".









































section::::the national convention.:the ottawa delegation.
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