Chapter 6: The U.S Breaks Away
This is the name given to Colonists who supported the rebellion against Britain.
Patriots
A change in the characteristics of a population
demographic change
Who was Canada's first Prime Minister?
John A. Macdonald
This company planned to transfer Rupert's Land without consulting residents.
The Hudsons Bay Company
This was one of the major reasons Canada wanted to expand west.
Gaining farmland
This slogan protested British tases in the Thirteen Colonies
"No Taxation Without Representation"
The period when production shifted from hand-made goods to factory machines.
Industrial Revolution
What is the term for when governments cannot agree and nothing gets done.
political deadlock
This Metis leader stopped surveyors from crossing his cousin's land
Louis Riel
This massacre helped lead to the creation of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP)
The Cypress Hill Massacre
She walked about 30 km to warn the British of a surprise American attack.
Laura Secord
Ships carrying immigrants were nicknamed this because disease and death were common aboard.
coffin ships
What is the name of the document that officially created Canada in 1867.
The British North America Act
This major trading post was taken over by the Métis in 1869.
Fort Garry
This illegal activity was taking place at Fort Whoop-up before the creation of the NWMP
Illegal trade of alcohol and guns
This Act divided Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada in 1791.
What is the Constitutional Act
This report investigated the causes of the 1837–1838 Rebellions.
Durham Report
What were the four provinces that formed Confederation in 1867
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
This is the name of the coupon that could be exchanged for land or money.
Scrip
This tax was created to restrict immigration from China
The Chinese Head Tax
This man tricked the Americans into thinking he had more soldiers than he actually did, leading to their victory at Detriot.
Isaac Brock
These two leaders helped achieve responsible government and restore French as an official language.
Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine
What did Canada promise that convinced British Columbia to join Confederation.
To build a railway
This military leader travelled to Montana to bring Louis Riel back
Gabriel Dumont
What was the goal of the government when it came to the creation of residential schools (two things are required for this answer)
To keep a promise of education made in the treaties but ALSO distrupt indigenous traditions and ways of life