Changing Lowlands
The name for the network that escaped slaves used to travel to Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Who were the habitants?
French settlers in New France who cleared and farmed rented land.
Who were the loyalists?
a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government when the government or leader is being challenged of there is a revolt.
Where is the Great Lakes Region located?
Southern Quebec and Ontario
What it was called when thousands of British and Irish people settled in the Lowlands.
What is the Great Migration?
Who was Tommy Douglas?
A premiere of Saskatchewan and leader of the NDP. He created Medicare, a system that gave free health care to all Canadians.
What was the Quebec Act?
Guaranteed the loyalty of the Canadiens. IT promised that Canadiens would keep their land and seigniorial system as well as their religion, language, and civil laws.
The person the loyalists were loyal to.
What is the British Crown?
What landforms can you find in this region?
Rivers/Lakes
Forests
Farmland
What are THREE of the major natural resources in this region?
Soil, Water, Trees, Minerals
Who was Joseph Brant?
A Mohawk leader who fought with the British during the American Revolution. The British rewarded his bravery after the war by providing land for the Mohawk people.
The farm land was owned by wealthy men who were called this.
What is Seigneurs.
The language that the loyalists wanted to use.
What is English?
How is our region different from the Great Lakes Region?
- Great Lakes have lots fo bodies of water, and we don’t have as much.
- We have oil and gas a natural resource and the Great Lakes doesn’t.
- We have mountains, and the Great Lakes do not.
- The Great Lakes have many water sports and we have many snow/mountain sports.
- Great Lakes have a long growing season, and we do not.
What contributes to success in farming in this region? (Hint: there are two things)
Rich, fertile soil and a long growing season
Who was Josiah Henson?
A slave who escaped to freedom in Canada.
What was the seigneurial system?
The kind of laws that the loyalists wanted to practice.
What is British law?
The St. Lawrence Seaway is a series of canals (long strips dug out of land to connect two bodies of water) and locks (built into canals and act as elevators for ships).
The name of the passage that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Superior.
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?
Who founded New France?
Samuel de Champlain
What did the Loyalists want when they arrived in Canada? (Hint: there are 5 points)
- to get rid of the Quebec Act
- to get rid of the seigneurial system
- English has the official language
- practice their own religion
- have British laws
The two parts that the colony was split into in 1791.
What is Upper and Lower Canada.
How has the Great Lakes region impacted the identity of Canada?
- Basics for a dual language country.
- Home to many immigrants and became the birthplace of many traditions.
- Route to the underground railway.
- New France was founded in this area and provided permanent settlement for people who had sailed to Canada in the early years.