Which English King commissioned John Cabot's voyage of discovery in 1497?
Who is Henry VII?
100
He was the King of France who commissioned Cartier's voyages of discovery
Who is Francois 1er?
100
A Venetian explorer named Giovanni Caboto reached the shores of a "new founde land' in this year.
What is 1497?
100
This British Prince became the first member of the Royal Family to live in British America.
Who is Prince Edward Augustus?
100
This young Prince won hearts and minds across North America when he visited in 1860.
Who is Albert Edward, Prince of Wales?
200
This British King came to the throne as a result of the 1701 Act of Settlement and was thereafter targeted by the Jacobites.
Who is King George I?
200
He was the only one of the Viceroys appointed by the Kings of France to visit New France, but was often represented by Champlain.
Who is Pierre Degu, Sieur de Mons?
200
This Scottish noble settled Nova Scotia with the aid of baronetcies created by two Scottish Kings.
Who is Sir William Alexander?
200
This cavalier Prince was the first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company when it was founded in 1670.
Who is Prince Rupert?
200
Under this man's leadership, the Province of Canada became the first part of the British Empire to abolish slavery.
Who is John Graves Simcoe?
300
This kingdom's vision for North America was to convert Aboriginal peoples to Christianity.
What is France?
300
This man is generally considered the first Viceroy of Canada.
Who is Aymar de Chaste?
300
This explorer had the support of Queen Elizabeth I (who waved to him from a window in Greenwich Palace as he sailed out) in his voyage to find a Northwest Passage.
Who is Martin Frobisher?
300
This garrison town, established in 1749, was granted the first representative assembly in Canada in 1758.
What is Halifax?
300
These two men were the leaders of opposition in Upper and Lower Canada during the 1837-1838 rebellions.
Who are Mackenzie and Papineau?
400
This French King took a great interest in the development of a fortress on Cape Breton Island.
Who is Louis XV?
400
New France was created a Royal Province in this year.
What is 1663?
400
This Scottish King granted a Royal Charter for the colonization of Nova Scotia.
Who is James VI?
400
This document acknowledged the territorial rights of Aboriginal Peoples and is sometimes called the "Indian Magna Carta."
What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
400
This document, written by a Governor General, called for the union of Upper and Lower Canada and the institution of responsible government.
What is the Durham Report?
500
This monarch gave an audience to several Mohawk chiefs in 1710.
Who is Queen Anne?
500
This phrase was used in the handing out of justice in New France.
What is "by order of the King" or "de par le Roi"?
500
This famous English colony was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, in reference to her chastity.
What is Virginia?
500
This Act of Parliament guaranteed the rights of French Canadians to practice their religion and to speak their language. It also infuriated the Thirteen Colonies.
What is the Quebec Act, 1774?
500
This fraternal organization was dismayed by the perceived concessions made to Catholics by the Prince of Wales during his 1860 Royal Tour of British North America.