Annexation of BC to USA

American annexation or Canadian confederation? This was the question that British Columbia was faced with during the 1860¡¦s. At this time, British Columbia was undergoing a great depression due to an under populated colony ruled by a very expensive government. Many argued that annexation would remedy this and turn British Columbia into a prosperous state and that confederation is only giving false promises of a great
government. The following will promote annexation over confederation stating the
pros and cons of both.

British Columbia at the time was in a financial and economical crisis. This was mainly because of the fact that the colony was being taxed into severe poverty by an extravagant and irresponsible form of government and instead of the population gradually rising, it¡¦s actually been declining for the early part of the 1860¡¦s. Land value has been cut 50% since 10 years ago and people seeking profit in an untapped market only gained tremendous losses. Another f...