Chapter 3
What is Mercantilism?
The process of becoming rich in gold and silver.
In what year did the Thirteen Colonies want freedom from Britain.
1774
What was Cypress hills known as?
Whoop-up Country
_____ factors made people want to leave their homeland. ____ factors influence people to choose a certain country to live in or move to.
Push and Pull
English wanted to use their ______ against the French.
Navy
Who was the first British explorer to try to set up a colony in North America?
Walter Raleigh
What were people loyal to Britain called?
Loyalists
A township was made up of __ square sections of land. Each square section of land was ___ acres.
A township was made up of 36 square sections of land. Each square section of land was 160 acres.
The government targeted what three groups?
The United States, Eastern Europe, and Great Britain.
The exchange of goods during the fur trade was called ______.
Barter
Colonies
Between 1815 - 1850 how many immigrants came to Canada?
800 000
The Dominion of lands act stated that any male or head of the house at least how old could buy a quarter section of land for ten dollars?
21
Between 1867 and 1924 how many British Children were sent to Canada?
100 000
What did Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain call the colony they set up in Acadia?
Port Royal
In 1668 two ships left from London to find a ________.
Route to the North
What year was the terrible year?
1847
Many newcomers were poor and did not have money to buy housing Materials/Tools. Crops could be ruined by what six things?
Locusts, Grasshoppers, Early Frost, Lack of Rain, and Hail.
What became the most important crop in Canada?
Wheat
By 1858 there were how many colonies in British North America?
7
British wanted to build colonies in America for what four main reasons?
Economics, Quality of Life, Religious Freedom, religious beliefs.
What were the two recommendations that Lord Durham made?
Unite Upper and Lower Canada into one colony Grant, the colonies a responsible government
What were the NWMP's six jobs?
Shield the Aboriginal Peoples from American Outlaws, Show the Americans that Canada controls the territory , Help Newcomers adjust to the Frontier, Keep the peace between the Newcomers and the First Nations, Deliver Mail, Put out Fires, Stop the Whisky Trade
What hardships did people in western provinces have to endure?
They had to build their own houses and they had to plow and grow their crops by hand.
Pemmican was important for what to reason?
It was a valuable trade good at fur trading posts and it could keep for years and was always carried by explorers and fur traders on the plains.