CAJ | 학술논문

在麦克唐纳领导时期，加拿大对英国由最初的完全依赖、无条件的信任转为力求自主；对于加美关系，美国借口加拿大在19世纪60年代支持南方一事，一直没有放弃对加拿大领土的觊觎，麦克唐纳对此始终保持着高度的警惕。也正是在这种压力下，麦克唐纳坚定并加快了兼并西北地区的步伐。从麦克唐纳对英美两国的外交政策分析可以看出这种思想对加拿大联邦建立所起的积极作用。
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Under the leadership of Macdonald, At first, Canada tried to strengthen Canada＇s alliance with Britain, because he believed strongly in close Anglo-Canadian cooperation as a counterweight to American power. But the Treaty of Washington broke his fond dream and he preferred that Canada was not a tool of British Empire policy. As to America＇s wild ambition, Macdonald was always on guard. To some extent it was the fear that American would annex the West that made Macdonald, on behalf of Canadian government, purchased the North-west Territory unswervingly. To analyze these two kinds of policy, we can summarize its devotion to the foundation of Canadian Dominion.