Topic 1
The war against British rule in the Thirteen Colonies was the result of:
A. Britain’s greed for land.
B. Britain’s action to take care of its debt.
C. hunger in Britain.
D. First Nations threats.
B. Britain’s action to take care of its debt.
The Americans declared war on British North America in 1812 because:
A.they supported the French Revolution.
B. they did not like the Loyalists.
C.Britain blockaded their trade with France.
D. they wanted to be a republic.
C.Britain blockaded their trade with France.
Brothers, the Americans wish to make us enemies, so that they may sweep over and desolate our hunting grounds, like devastating winds, or rushing waters.
Tecumseh is angry with the Americans because they:
A. have made the First Nations feeble
B. will not give Tecumseh guns
C. have taken the First Nations' hunting grounds
D. have destroyed the First Nation's unity
C. have taken the First Nations' hunting grounds
A rapid, violent change in a system of government is called a ______________________.
Thayendanegea
loyalists
patriots
revolution
lineages
revolution
_____ The Loyalists settled mostly in Quebec so that they could be close to other French people.
False
2. George Washington:
A.became the first president of the United States.
B. began the War of Independence.
C.signed a treaty with Britain.
D. both A and B
D. both A and B
The main reason the people of Upper Canada did not support the Americans was because they:
A. couldn’t play hockey
B. did not like George Washington.
C. supported the British & were happy with farming
D. wanted to be a republic.
C. supported the British & were happy with farming
The quote which best shows that Tecumseh supports the British is:
A. “...the Americans wish to make us enemies...”
B. “...the King of England is angry with the Americans, our enemies...”
C. “Brothers, we must be united. We must fight each other's battles...”
D. “We shared freely with them whatever the Great Spirit had given us.”
B. “...the King of England is angry with the Americans, our enemies...”
The process of one country establishing domination over a territory in another country is called ______________________.
a. Constitutional Act
b. Canadiens
c. assimilation
d. imperialism
e. immigration
imperialism
_____ The War of 1812 united several different groups in Canada under the British flag.
True
Which of the following moved to Québec and Nova Scotia during the Loyalist migration?
A. Black Loyalists
B. Haudenosaunee
C. German Mennonites
D. all of the above
A. Black Loyalists
“Freedom and a farm” was something offered to:
A.First Nations peoples
B. Mennonites
C. Black Loyalists
D. Americans
C. Black Loyalists
In the American War of Independence, the people of the Thirteen Colonies who supported the rebellion were called ______________________.
Thayendanegea
loyalists
patriots
revolution
lineages
patriots
The ______________________ divided Québec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada
a. Constitutional Act
b. Canadiens
c. assimilation
d. imperialism
e. immigration
Constitutional Act
_____ The Loyalists faced many hardships when they moved north, including lack of proper housing and lack of food.
True
Many Loyalists from the Saint John River area petitioned Britain. What did they want?
A.a more developed Québec Act
B. a new colony
C. to move to Sierra Leone
D. George Washington’s wallaby
B. a new colony
Many Loyalists moved to Nova Scotia for the farmland. This, however, put the __________ Nation at a
disadvantage, as they were not within the territory described as “Indian Territory.”
A.Mi’kmaq
B. Cree
C. Mohawk
D. Oneida
A.Mi’kmaq
The Loyalist Haudenosaunee chief who led his people to what is now southern Ontario
was ______________________.
Thayendanegea
loyalists
patriots
revolution
lineages
Thayendanegea
______________________ is becoming part of a different cultural group.
a. Constitutional Act
b. Canadiens
c. assimilation
d. imperialism
e. immigration
assimilation
_____ The British carefully considered the needs of the First Nations because their ethnocentrism made them more aware of other cultures.
False
The Constitutional Act of 1791 did all of the following except:
A. divide Québec into Upper and Lower Canada.
B. give each colony a governor.
C. set aside lands for Protestant churches.
D. move the Mi’kmaq people into “Indian Territory.”
D. move the Mi’kmaq people into “Indian Territory.”
Chief Tecumseh was an ally of the:
A. Americans
B. Canadiens
C. British
D. Cree
C. British
In the American War of Independence, the people of the Thirteen Colonies who wanted to remain united to the British Empire and loyal to Britain were called ______________________.
Thayendanegea
loyalists
patriots
revolution
lineages
loyalists
After the war, Britain ordered settlers who had supported the American cause to leave Upper Canada and discouraged further American ______________________.
a. Constitutional Act
b. Canadiens
c. assimilation
d. imperialism
e. immigration
immigration
List 4 things that the Constitutional Act created
Upper and Lower Canada
Places for Protestant and Catholic Churches
Representative Government
British civil and criminal lows