Definitions
Executive council answers to the elected assembly rather than to British appointed officials.
Responsible Government
What did the Treaty of Ghent (1814) decide to do after the war of 1812?
Return all captured land and borders.
The Treaty of Utrecht ended this War.
The War of the Spanish Succession
There are two leaders that believed in collaboration to help achieve their goals for Canada. Name as many as you can.
John A. Macdonald
George-Étienne Cartier
A system of government where power is divided between a central national government and smaller regional governments, like states or provinces
Federalism
Following the American Revolutionary War, the Treaty of Paris used which features to set the first formal boundary between the US and BNA?
The Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and the 45th parallel
Why is the Seven Years' War often referred to as the "French and Indian War" in North American history?
Many First Nations were involved and formed alliances with the European powers.
Following the Rebellions of 1837 - 1838, Lord Durham was sent to investigate the colonies and identified 2 major problems. Name as many as you can.
Poor democratic government
Deep cultural conflict
The popular American belief it was their destiny to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
What was the main territorial result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
France gave up most of it's territory
(France lost Land)
There are 2 main reasons the US declared war on Britain and began the War of 1812. Name as many as you can.
British trade restrictions
The impressment of sailors into the British Navy
What controversial cultural goal did the British government hope to achieve with passing the Act of the Union
The assimilation of French Canadians into English-speaking British culture
The process of taking in, absorbing, or becoming part of a larger group, system, or culture by force.
Assimilation
There are 3 specific territories that France lost to Great Britain as a result of the Treaty of Utetcht in 1713. Name as many as you can.
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Hudsons Bay
Which major battle in 1759 resulted in a British victory near Quebec city, severely weakening French control in Canada?
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Under the Act of Union, Canada West and Canada East were given an equal number of seats in the legislature. Why did this design eventually create a state of permanent "political deadlock"?
Neither side could agree on laws because they had equal seats but very different regional goals.
When a country loses a war and is forced to give up land or control of a territory in an official treaty. The things given up are called:
Concessions
This peacetime agreement ended a western boundary dispute by extending the 49th parallel border all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
The Oregon Treaty
Britain founded which major city in 1749 on a strategic harbor to station warships and counter French military power.
Halifax
To fix the failures of the Act of Union, John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier partnered in the Great Coalition. What political system did they choose to build that divides power between one national government and individual provincial governments?
Federalism