After Confederation, Canada focused on settling the vast lands to the West. They hoped to avoid the problems already faced by the Americans in western expansion by establishing peace and law before the settlers arrived.

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government opportunities for settlement, creation of north west mounted police, role of north west mounted police in the west, settlement of western canada, immigration to canada's west

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)