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Early Canadian Expansion
• John A. Macdonald became the first prime minister of Canada. He wanted to incorporate all of British North America into the Dominion.
• He negotiated the purchase of the Northwest Territories from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869
• He persuaded Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward island to join.
• Transcontinental railroad constructed in 1885 aided with expansion.