The 1860s

British Columbia

• Aboriginal population of British Columbia• European arrival• Sea otter pelts: the first Pacific “gold rush”• Oregon Territory, 1818 to 1846• The Hudson’s Bay Company • The Anglo-American Boundary, 1846• The Colony of Vancouver Island, 1849

British Columbia (cont’d)

• Vancouver Island, 1849-1858• James Douglas and the Douglas Treaties• Gold Rush!• The Colony of British Columbia, 1858• Mainland development• The Colony of British Columbia, 1866• Profile of British Columbia in the 1860s

Was British Columbia in the 1860s more closely connected with Britain or the United States?

Some B.C. Terms of Union, 1871

• Assumption of B.C.’s debt• Dominion-paid public works development• Steamship service to San Francisco and

Olympia• Completion of railway within 10 years• Non-interference with B.C. Indian Policy

Prince Edward Island

• The “Land Question”• Movement towards Reform• Responsible Government, 1851• Free Education Act, 1852• Franchise Act, 1853• Land Purchase Act, 1853• Joint Inquiry, 1860-1861• The Tenants Union and conflicts of 1865