Definitions
What does external trade mean?
Trade with countries and colonies outside of British North America
Who had the largest economy in the world?
Britain had the largest economy in the world.
The Corn Laws governed the _________ and ________ of grain.
import and export
Who signed the Reciprocity Treaty?
A) British North America and the United States
B) United States and Mexico
C) British North America and Mexico
A) British North America and the United States
What does duties/tariffs mean?
taxes on imported goods
Which system did Britain continue to change in the 1850s
Free Trade
The Reciprocity Treaty allowed free trade on natural products between the _________ ______ ___________ colonies and the ___________ ________.
British North American and the United States.
What did the Reciprocity Treaty allow?
A) Free trade between the British North American colonies and the United States
B) Free trade between Europe and Asia
C)free trade with any country and colony outside of British North America
A) Free trade between the British North American colonies and the United States
What does free trade mean?
trade without duties or tariffs
What were the three main reasons for the defence issues Britain faced?
- Britain Begins to Withdraw Its Troops
- The Fenians
- Manifest Destiny
The colonies’ economic development depended largely
on ________________
external trade
When was British North America's economy weak
A) 1870
B) 1860
C) 1872
D) 1864
B) 1860
What does Corn laws mean?
British laws that governed the import and export
of grain; in Britain, cereal grains were called corn
What were the three main reasons United States wanted to back out from the Reciprocity Treaty.
it felt that British
- North America was benefiting more than it was from the Treaty
-it disliked the tariffs that the Canadas placed on manufactured imports
-it wanted to punish Britain for supporting the South in the Civil War.
This system was called _________ _____________ because it gave better treatment to goods from the colonies.
colonial preference
Which year did the United States announce its intention to back out of the Reciprocity Treaty?
A) 1858
B) 1862
C) 1865
D) 1873
C) 1865
What does reciprocity mean?
an exchange of privileges or favors as a basis for
relations between two countries
Who are the Fenians?
Fenians are an Irish nationalist organization founded in the U.S. that encouraged overthrowing British rule in Ireland.
The colonies used _______, or ________, to keep out goods from other colonies in order to protect their own goods.
duties/tariffs
British North America successfully defended its colonies against the United States during the war of?
A) 1811 (1811-1813)
B) 1812 (1812-1814)
C) 1813 (1813-1815)
D) 1814 (1814-1816)
B) 1812 (1812-1814)