British North America
The names of Ontario and Quebec prior to Dominion.
Canada West and Canada East.
Name the three main conferences that led to Dominion.
Charlottetown, Quebec and London
Who could vote in early Canadian law?
White Male Landowners
The system where children were put into boarding schools.
Residential Schools
Peoples who share Indigenous and French Culture
The Metis
What was the quickest way from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast in the 1850's?
Taking a boat around the entirety of North and South America.
The document created during the Quebec Conference.
72 Resolutions.
What is Jurisdiction?
The official power to make legal decisions and judgements.
The name of the commission launched in 2015.
Truth and Reconciliation
How many Numbered Treaties were signed between the First Nations and Government of Canada?
Eleven
Name the 4 main reasons for the population growth in British North America.
Underground Railroad, Gold Rush, Great Migration, Great Famine.
Which province was originally involved in the conference talks, but did not become one of the original provinces?
PEI
Name three responsibilities of the Federal Government?
One of the two local residential schools
Mount Elgin OR Mohawk Institute
The name of the rebellion launched simultaneously by the Cree and Metis against the Canadian Government in 1885.
The North-West Rebellion
After the Monarch, who was the next in power in British North America?
Governor.
Britain has no say in how Canada is run, instead it is a symbolic role. They can influence foreign affairs and mediate on Canada's behalf.
The two main bodies in Canada's new government.
The Senate and the House of Commons.
The year that the Canadian Government apologized on behalf of Canada for the suffering of the residential schools.
2008
What are the two functions of the Indian Act?
1. Say how reserves and First Nations bands can operate.
2. Define who is and is not recognized as "Indian".
What were some of the main factors leading to political deadlock in BNA?
Transportation- CW wanted more transportation routes.
Culture- CE wanted to preserve their culture.
Representation- Neither could agree on a representation system.
Name in order the first eight provinces to join.
NB/NS, CE/CW, Manitoba, BC, NWT, PEI
What was John A MacDonald's criticism of the American Governing System
The individual states had too much power and authority, making them not to "united" at all.
The goal of residential schools was assimilation. What is the definition of assimilation
To become absorbed and integrated into a new culture.
What year was the Potlatch Ban lifted?
1951.