Confederation A
This is a physical example of Confederation, showing how differences can come together.
What is the Confederation Quilt?
This man was a Scottish immigrant who was a skilled lawyer. He also became Canada's first Prime Minister.
Who is John A. Macdonald.
When equally powerful sides in a decision-making process can't agree on a course of action.
What is political deadlock?
This man fought against the rebels in 1837.
Who is John A. Macdonald?
Stabilizing the economy meant controlling the price of products, and creating access to this.
What is a larger market?
An agreement to join together under established rules of government, for a common purpose.
What is Confederation?
John A. Macdonald believed in accommodation to achieve agreement. He also had a vision of this.
What is a nation that stretched from "sea to sea"?
This main issue shaping Confederation in the eyes of Francophone Canadians.
What is identity, or language and religion?
This man owned a newspaper in Toronto, and often critiqued John A. Macdonald for his ideas on Confederation.
Who is George Brown?
Stabilizing the economy allowed for an increase in these.
What is jobs?
The United Nations and Iroquois Confederacy.
What are two examples of Confederacies?
Étienne-Paschal Taché was from Canada East, and believed Confederation depended on cooperation between leaders. He also believed this.
What is that Canadiens could best "safeguard" their identity with strong provincial power?
This issue shaped the price of products among the colonies, jobs, and the trade market.
What is the economy?
These two men fought WITH the rebels of 1837 and 1838.
Who are George-Étienne Cartier and Étienne-Paschal Taché?
Canadian Confederation allowed not only for the unification of geographic locations but also for the unification of media and ideas, via this.
What is newspapers?
One common purpose of Canadian Confederation was to UNIFY physical locations via this geographical method of transportation.
What is the railway or railroad?
George-Étienne Cartier wanted to ensure the continuation of language/religion rights in Canada under Confederation. To accomplish this task, he wanted provinces to be able to do this.
What is to have power to protect French identity rights?
This issue shaped Confederation because each colony had different needs based on different physical landscapes. It was important to unify these different regions.
What is geography?
This leader helped build, and then led, the alliance of the "Great Coalition".
Who is Étienne-Paschal Taché?
Confederation also encouraged the spread of this new invention, which helped create another new communication device. Both of these inventions helped connect people from "sea to sea".
What is the telegraph and telephone?
Another common purpose of Canadian Confederation was ECONOMIC, which meant to stabilize this.
What is the economy?
George Brown originally believed that Canada needed "rep. by pop.". He changed his mind in order to control this, for a specific reason.
What is Rupert's Land, so it didn't "fall into American hands"?
*BONUS* Railways connected Canada for much of the 19th and 20th century. This method of transportation eventually gave way to this, and the development of these, on which most Canadians now travel.
What is cars (trucks, automobiles, etc.) and highways (roads)?
This leader was great friends with John A. Macdonald, despite their different backgrounds and cultures. Their friendship was so strong that when this leader died only 5 years after Confederation, the Prime Minister broke down in tears when he announced this man's death in the House of Commons (Parliament).
Who is George-Étienne Cartier?
Confederation was largely settled by people of this gender and race.
What is male and white?