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Vocabulary
Great Migration
Push for Democracy
Rebellions of 1837 and 1838
Other events/info
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Someone who moves to a new country that they were not born in and lives there.

Immigrant

100

What is one reason for people migrating to Canada during the Great Migration? 

Poverty or Opportunities in Colonies

100

BNA was what type of government? 

Colonial government 

100

Who was the leader of Lower Canada? (Just last name is fine)

Papineau 

100

What was the goal of the Act of Union? 

To assimilate Canadiens

200

A person who wants to make changes to improve society.

Reformer

200

What was the major cause for poverty in Britain? 

A famine

200

Is a republic apart or not apart of a monarch?

It is not apart of a monarch 

200

What does the term "amnesty" mean?

decision to forgive someone for something they did wrong, able to return home without punishment

200

What did the First Nations lose from the Act of Union? 

Traditional lands

300

A system of government where the people have a say, often by voting.

Democracy 

300

What is a push factor? Give an example for the Great Migration

A reason someone is forced out of somewhere. Poverty
300

An elected assembly is?

Where citizens vote for who represents them in government. 

300

Who was the leader of Upper Canada? (last name)

Mackenzie 

300

What is a coalition? 

alliance of two parties working together.

400

A serious disease that causes vomiting and diarrhea, often spread through dirty water.

Cholera

400

What war happening in Europe caused the economy to fall? 

The Napoleonic Wars 

400

Reformers were who? 

People that wanted to have more influence in their government. 

400

What is one key characteristic that a politician needed to have during this time? 

Public Speaking

400

In 1848: Britain granted the Province of Canada what? 

self-government

500

A government set up in a colony and controlled by another country.

Colonial Government

500

What was one impact of the Great Migration on Canada?

More farms or population increase

500

How is Canada's and America's democracy different?

America has a republic, free from the monarch while Canada has an elected assembly but is still apart of the monarch.

500

What were the 2 different government parties during this time? 

Parti canadien, Reform Party

500
Why were the Mississauga unhappy with the land that was given to them by the Province of Canada? 

Poor and rocky soil, not good for living off the land