In 1861, the census showed that of the 3.2 million people living in British North America, the majority of them originated from here
What is British Isles (British)
100
These people were expected to look after domestic (house) chores in the 1850's
Who are women
100
To travel from Halifax to Vancouver in the 1850's would mean travelling by horse, boat, and on foot. It would have taken longer than a voyage all the way around this geographic landmark by ship
What is the tip of South America
100
This is a symbolic term referring to the monarch of a country
What is the Crown
100
Small, hand powered workshops were being replaced by factories with steam-powered equipment. This shift was known as what?
What is industrialization
200
Many people emigrated from Ireland in the 1840's because a fungus developed in this food, casuing many to starve
What are potatoes
200
This was the age where boys were expected to work full days in the fields, building fences, and harvesting crops.
What is age 14
200
This group of people originally showed Europeans how to navigate their way around the Canadian landscape
Who are First Nations
200
To be a voter in the 1850's you had to be a male and also needed to own this
What is land
200
In Canada East, most factory work was completed by women and children as young as 6. If they ever made mistakes or fell asleep from exhaustion, factory owners would do this.
What is beat them
300
In the prairies, the largest groups of people were First Nations and this group of "mixed" people
Who are Metis
300
This was the age by which children were expected to begin taking on chores around the homestead
What is age 5
300
This effects how societies develop. For example, in areas where winters are milder, outdoor work is possible for a longer peiord of time
What is climate
300
In the 1850's many people in this region felt that they should combine the governments of the 3 separate colonies because they were very similar and the region was fairly small.
What are the Maritimes
300
The Maritimes saw production of these makig up the bulk of their economy.
What are ships
400
The majority of people living in British Columbia were attracted there by a series of these events - where people were looking to get rich quickly
What are gold rushes
400
There was little entertainment in the 1850's. Newspapers were popular and people would exchange these, which described their daily lives.
What are letters
400
In the west there were two colonies - British Columbia and this one (today they are both a part of one province)
What is Vancouver's Island
400
This colony was where industry first began to flourish in what would become Canada and it all began in the late 1840's
What is Canada East
500
The Underground Railroad was a secret network to help these people escape many states in the U.S.A.
Who are black slaves
500
People spoke, dressed, and acted differently amongst the social divisions in British North America. What were these divisions known as?
What is class
500
This Prime Minister once said that "Canada has too much geography."
Who is William Lyon MacKenzie King
500
in the 1850's familiies living in this colony could not own their own land. They had to rent it from wealthy families who lived in Britain and had likely never even been to the property before.
What is Prince Edward Island
500
The West was thinly populated and there was little industry, but this industry continued on in the 1850's andwas controlled by the hudson's Bay Company