This type of governor, a military officer, was appointed each year to run the military, political and the judiciary arms of the government for part of the year from 1729 to 1817.
What is a naval governor?
100
This man established the Fisherman's Protective Union (FPU) in 1908.
Who is William Ford Coaker?
100
Construction of the trans-island railway began in this year.
What is 1881?
100
Newfoundland was granted responsible government in this year.
What is 1855?
100
This man was the leader of the Anti-Confederates in the 1869 election.
Who was Charles Fox Bennett?
200
Philip Francis Little, was from Prince Edward Island. He became Newfoundland's first this.
What is the first premier of Newfoundland?
200
The FPU had this many members by 1914.
What is 20,000?
200
The railway line was completed in 1897 with significant help from this Scottish man.
Who is Robert Reid?
200
This was the area from Cape Ray to Cape St. John where the French had the right to fish.
What was the French Shore?
200
This man lead the Confederates (and lost) in the 1869 election.
Who was the Premier of Newfoundland, Frederic Carter?
300
This was Newfoundland’s first daily newspaper.
What is The Evening Telegram (founded 1879)?
300
The union's motto in Latin, Cuique Suum, meant this.
What is, "To each his own."?
300
The railway project was particularly devastating for this group of people on the island.
Who were the Mi'kmaq?
300
The French Shore Crisis was difficult for the French people residing in Newfoundland. As well, these other two major crises led to all around difficult times during the 1890s in Newfoundland.
What was The Great Fire of 1892 and the 1894 Bank Crash?
300
This five-day incident in July 1880 in Conception Bay South, saw residents arguing with railway surveyors because they feared they would lose their land.
What is the Battle of Foxtrap?
400
Between 1816 and 1818, in the face of falling fish prices and widespread poverty, there were bouts of violence and unrest. This period was commonly known as this.
What is The Winter of the Rals?
400
The union posed a real threat to this powerful entity headed by Archbishop Howley, and the denominational school system.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
400
The first railway station opened here in 1883 and by 1884, trains were stopping there 3 times per week.
What is Whitbourne?
400
In the beginning, these three denominations ran the separate public schools under the denominational school system.
What is the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England and the Methodist Church?
400
William Ford Coaker realized that the FPU needed political representation in order to influence government and by this year had eight members elected in the House of Assembly.
What is 1913?
500
In 1824 Newfoundland went from being considered nothing more than a fishing station to this.
What is a Crown Colony?
500
Coaker founded this town and set up a successful trading company there to import goods and supplies needed by fisherman.
What is Port Union?
500
This is the reason the British government could override the Newfoundland government and change the railway terminus to Port-aux-Basques instead of St. Georges.
What is St. Georges was on the French Shore and any decision concerning people other than Newfoundlanders fell under foreign affairs which was handled by London.
500
On this date, known as "Black Monday", the Commercial Bank did not open because it didn't have any money to pay its depositors.
What is December 10, 1894?
500
The French Shore issue contributed to Newfoundland "this" or a strong attachment to one's nation.