Geography
What are the first 4 provinces in Canada?
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
What was the threat of an American takeover referred to as?
Annexation
Who became the prime minister of Canada in 1867?
John A. Macdonald
How many major conferences were there leading to Confederation?
3 conferences
What city is known to be the birthplace of Canadian Confederation?
Charlottetown because that was where the 1st of the 3 conferences were held
What city was titled as Canada's capital in 1867?
Ottawa
What language and religion were the people in Canada East worried about losing?
Catholic / French
This person was a key leader in Confederation and owned a newspaper
George Brown
What was the original purpose of the Charlottetown Conference?
A maritime union
What did John A. Macdonald study to be? (Clue: not a politician)
Lawyer
What land did the Hudson's Bay Company own in 1867?
Rupert's Land
The political structure prior to Confederation caused political ________.
Deadlock
Symbolizes the USA in many political comics.
Uncle Sam
What was the conference that did not happen in Canada?
The London Conference that happened in London, England
Who was nicknamed the "Lion of Quebec?"
Georges-Étienne Cartier
What was the first big territory that later split up into the 3 we have now?
Northwest Territory
The American _____ War prior to Confederation had terrified Canadians becoming another cause for it.
Civil
Nova Scotia began threatening to withdraw from Canada because the Intercolonial _______ hadn't been built yet.
Railway
How many resolutions were submitted from the Quebec Conference?
72
This happened in BC pre-confederation (1857) and didn't last very long.
Gold Rush
What is the current province that was still present under the same name in 1867 in the West, but did not join Canada at that time?
British Columbia
When was the Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty cancelled?
1865
On what dollar bill is John A. Macdonald on now?
$10 bill
What act was decided upon as a result of the London Conference?
The British North America Act
What was promised to be built for British Columbia within 10 years after they joined Canada?
A railroad