Blog Assignment #1

If I had the ability to transport myself to any historical event I would transport myself to the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, because this event was a creation of a unified Canadian nation for joining the Confederation of Canada. The Canadian Pacific Railway was meant to connect Canada from coast to coast. The creation of the CPR was a task originally undertaken by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Sir John.A.Macdonald, British Columbia. Macdonald thought the CPR was a eessential for the creation of a unified nation. In 1879 the government of Canada started the construction on the western section of the CPR. The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway began in 1881 and ended in 1885. On November, 7th, 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway became Canada's first transcontinental railroad, it started opening remote areas and delivering people and commodities to the towns and industries that grew up along the line. My role in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway was  being one of the investors. The CPR impacted history by uniting the Confederation of Canada.