Vocabulary
A situation where no progress can occur
What is political deadlock?
This was the first conference.
Charlottetown
This was something that was essential for trade, defense against the US, and confederation. And people realized that this could only be completed if expenses were shared between all of the colonies
What is a national railway?
Who are the Fenians?
An Irish American gang that hated Great Britain.
What date did Canada become a country.
July 1, 1867
When the different colonies came together to create a new country.
What is Confederation?
This was the second conference.
Quebec
What was the american civil war about
Slavery
External
Who was the first prime minister of Canada
John A MacDonald
When there are no tariffs on imported or exported goods.
What is Free Trade?
This is the result of the Quebec Conference
What are the 72 resolutions?
Who was the american president at this time?
Abraham Lincoln
Why was political deadlock a factor?
The province of Canada could not make and decisions. They were at a stand still.
Name 4 of the original provinces
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick.
When elected members represent the people based on population.
What is representation by population?
The reason the third conference was held in London.
What is to get the queen's approval and separate from great britain.
Name two of the groups who did not have a voice in the creation of Canada.
Who are women, the African Canadians, the Indigenous or the Acadians?
What were the two groups fighting in the American Civil war?
The North (Union) and the South (confederates)
What two levels of government did we discuss
Federal and Provincial
The belief held by some Americans that it is the natural right of the United States to control all of North America
What is Manifest Destiny?
This document created the country of Canada.
What is the British North America Act?
Who did I pick on in class for my examples?
Clay and Addison
Stella and Penelope
Why was a railroad only possible if confederation happened.
It was expensive, they needed federal taxes to pay for it.
Name a Province that attended conferences but did not join confederation.
PEI