People
Harriet Tubman
Made 19 missions to help save 300 black people to canada
Irish Potato Famine
a period of mass starvation and disease in ireland (from 1845 to 1849, when the irish immigrants arrived in canada)
Timber
when a tree falls and is used to make a mass of a ship
Metis
the decendents of a first nations person and either a french or scottish person
assimilation
forcing someone to adopt another language, heritage or belief
James Douglas
first governer general of british columbia. he was of scottish, european and african decent. mainatined peace between settlers and first nations.
The HBC
The Hudson Bay Company - canada's oldest company. governed the northwest territories and made forts to sell european products
missisauga of the credit river
they were denied ownership of their land, which was auctioned off to settlers
The Blackburns
a famliy who escaped slavery from kentucky and settled near sackville. their history was analyzed by archeologists
the fugitive slave act
when a slave owner could put a bounty on esacaped slaves
Lord Metcalfe
wanted to abandon assimilation to maintain peace between french and english
Small Pox in Fort Victoria
killed 3/5 residents. people had to quaratine to stop the spread and the indigenous communites affected were largely ignored.
Northumberland strait
body of saltwater in between PEI and NB, only accessible by boat (prior to the confederation bridge)
Laval Uni
oldest university in NA
the orange order
founded by Irish protestants, it dominated politics in TO between 1845 and 1900
Lord Selkirk
promoted the migration of landless scottish peasents to the red river area
Scottish Crofters
landless scottish peasants/farmers who arrived along the red river
the act of union
in 1840, upper and lower canada joined together
Haida and Tsimshian
first nations who traded around fort victoria who were not supported during the small pox outbreak
reciprocity treaty of 1854
free trade between the US and BNA with a lack of taxes, which improved our economy
Louis Joseph Papineau
led the Rebellions in lower canada in 1837 and advocated for the survival of french canadiens
Mr. Merrit's ditch
Mr merrit was a canal project organizer who wanted to link lake ontario and lake erie
intercolonial railway
linked the maritimes and centeral canada. it was the first major transportation project
Civil war
between 1861 and 1865, the north and south states were at war in america. the threat of war spilled into BNA which motivated colonies to join confederation or early canada
gold rush
gold was discovered in cali between 1848 and 1855 which caused 300,000 people to go there. in 1858, gold was also discoverd along the thompson river in BC