People
This man was Canada's first prime minister.
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?
Although the Métis typically spoke many languages, this was the language created by them. It was a combination of French and Cree.
What is Michif?
In 1763 King George III of England put out this document containing instructions on how BNA should be governed. It was an important document for Aboriginal peoples and it still affects legal decisions made today.
What is The Royal Proclamation? (of 1763)
These were the three main points of the National Policy. (Review the powerpoint and read pages 154-156 in the text)
What are 1) Promote Canadian Industry (put tariffs on American goods; develop manufacturing in Central Canada) 2) Settle the West (encourage immigration) 3) Build a railway from coast to coast
These workers from Asia were encouraged to immigrate and work on the railway because they would work for half the wages paid to white workers.
Who were the Chinese railway workers?
This man was Canada's second prime minister. (He was elected because John A. Macdonald had been accused of favouring a business person who had given a lot of money to his election campaign. Macdonald had to resign.)
Who is Alexander Mackenzie?
This was a food made by the Métis using buffalo meat, fat and berries.
What is pemmican?
In December 1869 the Métis formed this form of government, with Louis Riel as leader, until a final government could be put in place.
What is a provisional government?
This is a set of main ideas a government uses when it makes decisions a particular issue and develops laws for it. (such as on multiculturalism, child poverty, environmental issues etc)
What is a government policy?
Between 1881 and 1884 approximately this many Chinese men immigrated to Canada to work on the CPR.
What is 17,000?
This was the name given to the Métis of British heritage.
What is "the country born"?
Métis farms were these kind of farms, arranged along the riverbank so that every farmer had a long narrow piece of land that included some riverfront.
What are strip farms?
This act, the creation of Canada's 5th province, was the result of Sir John A. Macdonald wanting to keep the peace between French and English in the country (mostly so both would vote for him and keep him as PM!)
What is The Manitoba Act? (this act created the province of Manitoba on July 15, 1870).
This is the term used for goods bought from other countries.
What are imports?
Historians estimate that this many Chinese men died for every 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) of railway track laid through the Rocky Mountains.
What is two?
This man, one of the owners of HBC, brought a group of Scottish colonists to the Red River area.
Who is Lord Selkirk?
This man was a Scottish painter who became well known for his paintings of aboriginals in the 19th century. (p 148 shows one of his paintings)
Who is Paul Kane?
This term means to be forgiven for a crime.
What is "amnesty"?
This act, to encourage homesteading on the prairies, let settlers claim over 64 hectares of land for $10 if they built a house and barn on it and grew crops or raised livestock.
What is The Dominion Lands Act? (page 155)
The railway was completed in this year and at the time was the longest railway in the world.
What is 1885?
This man was caught escaping jail. He insulted jail guards and threatened to escape again and kill Louis Riel which led to his trial and execution. (Read page 152 in the text)
Who is Thomas Scott?
The base of the Métis economy included farming but the main sources of income were from these two activities.
What are the fur trade and the buffalo hunt?
Riel was elected as an MP in this riding in Manitoba when Alexander Mackenzie's government came to power.
What is Provencher?
One of Macdonald's 1878 election promises was to build this, a mode of transportation that would cross the entire continent.
What is a transcontinental railway?
Even though the prairies were flat, it was still a huge task to build the railway through there. It took this many men with this many teams of horses working 24 hours a day for two years to build the CPR through the prairies.
What is 5000 men and 1700 teams of horses?