Dancing
Winter Fun
Snowshoes
Snowmobiles
100
King or Queen
What is Monarch
100
the power say no and overrule,
What is Veto
100
People often voted the way this wanted them to
What is their church
100
These people wanted change
What is reformers?
200
appointed by Britain to run the Colony for Britain’s best interest, not for the people.
What is Legislative Council or Executive Council
200
played huge role in politics
What is Religion
200
the legal term for telling lies
What is Libel
200
These people wanted to things to stay basically the same
Who are tories or conservatives?
300
made up of people in the Colony - but they had no real power
What is Legislative Assembly
300
3 Ways People Try to Change the Government
What is 1. Using the media "to spread the word" about the need for change 2. Threatening to kill or harm others if no change 3. Becoming active in politics, and pressuring the government to change
300
when the people turn against the Government in a violent way.
What is rebellion
300
When a major event like a war or rebellion happens, there is usually an event that pushes "Things Over the Top" this is called
What is the Trigger?
400
must be 21, own or rent land, no First Nations or Black Colonists
What is Voters
400
A reformer from NS - he believed in "Freedom of Speech"
Who is Joseph Howe
400
The most important event after the rebellions was that the British Government sent this man, to investigate the situation in the colonies, and suggest what to do to Britain.
Who is Lord Durham?
400
Reformers here knew that British soldiers were busy with the rebellions elsewhere, so they tried their own rebellion
What is Upper Canada
500
The idea is to have elected members of the Government represent the opinion of the people of the colony.
What is Representative Government
500
a group of citizens who are not professionally trained as soldiers, but they are used in times of need.
What is militia
500
The Rebellions began here when Government started to arrest people who they thought might start a rebellion
What is Lower Canada?
500
Between 1848 and 1855, all the colonies in the BNA achieved this.
What is Responsible Government.
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