Industrial Revolution
This inventor improved the steam engine, making factories and transportation more efficient.
James Watt
This Norse explorer is believed to have reached North America around the year 1000.
Leif Erickson
This animal became the foundation of Canada's early fur trade economy.
Beaver
This war ended French control of New France and resulted in British control of Canada.
Seven Years' War
This Métis leader led the Red River Resistance.
Louis Riel
This invention by John Kay allowed weavers to produce cloth much faster.
Flying Shuttle
This Italian explorer sailing for England claimed land in North America in 1497.
John Cabot
This company was founded in 1670 and controlled Rupert's Land.
Hudson's Bay Company
These two generals led the opposing armies at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
James Wolfe and Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
This first Prime Minister of Canada played a major role in Confederation.
Sir John A. Macdonald
This agricultural innovator promoted crop rotation and helped increase food production in Britain.
Samuel Crompton
This French explorer claimed the St. Lawrence River region for France.
Jacques Cartier
This rival fur trading company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.
Northwest Company
This 1774 act allowed French Canadians to keep their religion and civil law.
Quebec Act
This idea argued that provinces with larger populations should receive more representatives in government.
Representation by Population
This agricultural innovator promoted crop rotation and helped increase food production in Britain.
Charles Townshend
This explorer gave his name to the longest river in British Columbia.
Simon Fraser
The transfer of this enormous territory to Canada in 1869 helped expand the country westward.
Rupert's Land
This report recommended responsible government after the Rebellions of 1837.
Durham Report
This was built to connect Canada from coast to coast.
CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway)
Name the two natural resources Britain had in abundance that helped make the Industrial Revolution possible.
Coal and Iron
This explorer carefully mapped much of the Pacific Northwest coastline.
George Vancouver
Name one major consequence the fur trade had on Indigenous peoples.
Increased trade with Europeans / dependence on European goods / loss of traditional lifestyles / spread of disease
This system of government means elected officials must maintain the support of the elected assembly.
Responsible Government
This occurred after Canada purchased Rupert's Land without consulting the Métis people.
Red River Resistance