ECONOMY & POPULATION
In the 1860s, what was the economy of Canada East (Québec) based upon?
What is farms, fur trading, and manufacturing businesses?
What language did most people in Canada East speak?
What is French?
Were the delegates from Canada West and Canada East invited to the Charlottetown Conference?
What is no (they were uninvited guests)?
How many people attended the Québec Conference in October 1864?
What is 33?
In what year did George Brown start The Globe newspaper?
What is 1844?
Name three economic activities that the Eastern Atlantic Colonies relied on.
What is fishing, shipbuilding, and logging?
What religion did most people in Canada East follow?
What is Catholic?
What did Canada East and Canada West promise to pay for at the Charlottetown Conference?
What is almost all of the costs of the intercolonial railway?
What important document containing 72 items did the Québec Conference delegates create?
What is the Seventy-Two Resolutions (which became a first draft of the new nation's constitution)?
George-Étienne Cartier fought on which side during the Rebellion of 1837?
What is the side of the rebels?
In the 1860s, where did most people in British North America live?
What is on farms, in lumber camps, or by seacoast harbours (not in towns and cities)?
Instead of wanting to be assimilated, what did French-speaking Canadians want to do?
What is hold on to their language and culture?
How did the Canadian delegates make their presentation at Charlottetown seem important and impressive?
What is they arrived in a grand steamship and hosted a big luncheon?
Which province received the most seats in the House of Commons, and how many seats did it receive?
What is Canada West with 82 seats?
John A. Macdonald came to Upper Canada from which country when he was five years old?
What is Scotland?
Which colony had the largest population in 1861?
What is Canada West (1,396,091)?
What religion were many citizens of Canada West?
What is Protestant Christian?
What joke did the Canadian delegates make about uniting the provinces?
What is that it was like a big wedding ceremony that should be celebrated with a party?
How did the delegates plan to solve the problem of the smaller colonies having fewer seats in the House of Commons?
What is by creating a Legislative Council (Senate) based on regions instead of population, giving each region equal representation?
Describe what George Brown decided to do after his marriage in 1862 regarding Confederation.
What is he decided to work with the Conservatives to bring about Confederation to create a strong central government?
What was the population of British Columbia in 1861?
What is 51,524?
Explain why the smaller colonies were fearful of joining a union with Canada.
What is they feared being easily dominated by the big central province of Canada, and they wanted to direct their own actions and interests?
Describe two ways the Canadian delegates showed their expertise at the Charlottetown Conference.
What is they displayed knowledge in legal matters, showed a lot of political knowledge, and promised to pay for the railway?
Explain why Newfoundland decided not to join Confederation even though they attended the Québec Conference.
What is the railway didn't affect them, they depended on sea trade more than trade with other provinces, and their assembly found no real reason to join?
What role did George-Étienne Cartier play in convincing French-Canadians to accept Confederation?
What is he was the key person in persuading French-Canadians to accept Confederation?