Episodios

  • Episode 203: Where We Are is Our Property

    Episode 203: Where We Are is Our Property
    Jul 17 2024
    After a two year hiatus, and numerous disputes over what was promised in earlier agreements, the Canadian government resumes its treaty-making campaign in the northwest.

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    36 m
  • Episode 202: Dominion Lands

    Episode 202: Dominion Lands
    Jul 10 2024
    The Canadian government begins advertising its northwestern frontier to prospective settlers, but finds that it needs to get creative to compete with the United States.

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    37 m
  • Episode 201: A Purchased and a Tainted House

    Episode 201: A Purchased and a Tainted House
    Jul 3 2024
    Shortly after a successful re-election campaign, a railway corruption scandal brings down John A. Macdonald's government.

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    40 m
  • Episode 200: The Screw is Being Turned

    Episode 200: The Screw is Being Turned
    Jun 26 2024
    Railway debt and pressure from Britain forces Prince Edward Island to reconsider joining Canada, as the seventh province of confederation.

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    37 m
  • Episode 199: Not Richer Serfs But Better Men

    Episode 199: Not Richer Serfs But Better Men
    Jun 19 2024
    As Canada industrializes, a labour movement emerges in Hamilton, Ontario, seeking a dignified role for workers in the emerging modern economy.

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    38 m
  • Episode 198: Outside Promises

    Episode 198: Outside Promises
    Jun 12 2024
    Canadian negotiators begin the treaty-making process in the northwest, and find their work far more challenging than they anticipated.

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    35 m
  • Episode 197: Occupied Manitoba

    Episode 197: Occupied Manitoba
    Jun 5 2024
    Manitoba, Canada's newest province, is faced with the challenge of managing an anxious Metis majority, a well-armed Canadian minority, and the possible threat of a Fenian invasion.

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    37 m
  • Episode 196: England is Sick of Her Colonies

    Episode 196: England is Sick of Her Colonies
    May 29 2024
    As Canada seeks an outlet on the Pacific Ocean, the colonists of British Columbia contemplate their future in the British Empire.

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    38 m