<Li> an inter-colony railroad which would improve trade, military movement, and transportation in general </Li> <Dl> <Dt> External pressures that influenced Confederation </Dt> </Dl> <Dt> External pressures that influenced Confederation </Dt> <Ul> <Li> cancellation of the Canadian--American Reciprocity Treaty (a free trade policy whereby products were allowed into the United States without taxes or tariffs starting in 1854, which was then considered to be beneficial for Canada), in 1865 by the United States, partly as a revenge against Great Britain for unofficial support of the South in the American Civil War </Li> <Li> the U.S. doctrine of Manifest Destiny, the possible threat of invasion from the U.S.--Canadians had fended off American invasions during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812--increased by the Alaska Purchase of March 30, 1867, which was supported on the floor of the U.S. Senate (by Charles Sumner, among others) precisely in terms of taking over the remainder of North America from the British </Li> <Li> the American Civil War, which horrified Canadians and drove many away from any thought of republicanism, along with British actions during the war, and American reactions to Canada </Li> <Li> the Fenian raids </Li> <Li> the Little Englander philosophy, whereby Britain no longer wanted to maintain troops in its colonies . </Li> <Li> political pressure from British financiers who had invested money in the loss - making Grand Trunk Railway </Li> <Li> The Trent Affair </Li> </Ul>

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