This American war influenced colonies north of America to unite.
What is the American Civil war?
100
This conference originally was to unite only the Maritime Provinces, until the two Canadas (Canada East and Canada West) expressed interest in joining as well.
What is the Charlottetown Conference?
100
This written document with a numbered title was first drafted at the Quebec Conference in 1864 and became the basis of the London Conference in 1866.
What is the 72 Resolutions?
100
Canada Day was originally called this.
What is Dominion Day?
200
These three colonies first joined together to become what was known then as the Dominion of Canada?
What are New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada?
200
Losing this was the main reason behind P.E.I. and Newfoundland NOT joining Confederation initially.
What is losing their culture / identity?
200
This man dominated the Quebec conference, pushing forward his vision of Confederation.
Who is John A Macdonald?
200
This level of our government has control over issues that affect all the provinces, including defense, Aboriginal Peoples and taxation.
What is federal?
200
The colony of British Columbia waited for this to happen before they joining Canada.
What is until work began on the railway?
300
The Province of Canada quickly split apart after Confederation into these two Canadian provinces.
What are Ontario and Quebec?
300
This reason for Confederation began in Britian.
What is the push for greater responsibility for themselves?
300
Following this conference, the Seventy-Two Resolutions were written.
What is the Quebec Conference?
300
This level of government is in charge of medical care and education.
What is provincial?
300
This draft document went to to become the basis for the British North American Act (BNA act)
What are the Seventy-Two Resolutions?
400
At Confederation, these two Maritime colonies stayed out, but later joined Canada.
What are PEI and Newfoundland?
400
The dream of this connecting both coasts was an important reason for confederation for the people of the Maritime and British Columbia colonies.
What is an inter-colonial railroad?
400
At this conference, delegates from the Maritimes were promised that a railway connecting them to the rest of Canada would be built.
What is the London Conference?
400
The BNA act is known as Canada's first this...
What is constitution?
400
This vocabulary word can also mean a group of ants.
What is colony?
500
At the time of Confederation, this area is where present day Manitoba is.
What is Rupert's Land?
500
This last reason for Confederation means "the regulation and management of resources of a group".
What is the economy?
500
This Monarch proclaimed that the Dominion of Canada would be created at the London Conference.
Who is Queen Victoria?
500
When a country divides it's powers among different levels of government it is called this...
What is federalism?
500
The British North American act divided up government responsibilities into these two sections.