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Cariboo Gold Rush
Confederation
Railway
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100
These are two ways that the Cariboo Gold Rush affected British Columbia
What is it brought more people to BC, it helped to grow our economy, or it helped to establish new towns and grow existing ones.
100
This is the date Canada officially became a country
What is July 1, 1867
100
This is the company that built the transcontinental railway
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway
100
This is the man who made a famous claim during the Cariboo Gold Rush ($500 000). He also started a town named after him
Who is Billy Barker?
100
This is the name given to the men who attended the Charlottetown, Quebec, and London conferences
Who are the Fathers of Confederation
200
This road was built from the town of Yale and went up through Quesnel and on to Barkerville.
What is the Cariboo Wagon Road
200
These are the first four provinces that united to become the country of Canada
What is Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario
200
This geographic barrier made it difficult to build roads to British Columbia, and created the need for a railway.
What are the Rocky Mountains
200
These people worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway and many died as a result of the dangerous work they did.
Who are the Chinese
200
This Chinese family lived in Yale in Chinatown and you can still see the stones that made up the storehouses on their property today
Who is the On-Lee family
300
This is what Yale was before it became a 'roaring gold rush town.'
What is a fur trade post
300
This is the document of all the laws the delegates agreed on that became our Canadian Constitution
What is the British North America Act (BNA Act)
300
Canada offered to build a railway to British Columbia, forgave it's debt and granted other benefits if BC would do this.
What is join confederation
300
This man was the first Prime Minister of Canada
Who is John A. Macdonald
300
This is the day British Columbia joined confederation
What is July 20, 1871
400
This is what happened to British Columbia after the Gold Rush ended
What is they ended up in debt because there were no longer enough people to support the towns.
400
These are two of the issues that delegates discussed during their debates about the future laws of Canada
What are federalism (2 levels of government), national parliament, or inter-colonial railway
400
The Canadian Pacific Railway helped to plan out this city because it owned much of the land.
What is Vancouver
400
This man was the first governor of British Columbia. He started on Vancouver island and sold licenses to miners on the mainland in BC.
Who is Sir James Douglas
400
This is the year gold was found in British Columbia
What is 1858
500
This is the length of the Cariboo Wagon Road
What is 400 miles
500
These are the names of two of the three conferences where delegates met to discuss and debate.
What are the Charlottetown conference, the Quebec conference and the London conference.
500
This is where the ceremonial 'Last Spike' was driven in to connect trains from the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
What is Craigellachie, BC
500
This is the man who drove the ceremonial 'Last Spike' to join railways to connect both coasts of Canada by rail
Who is Alexander Smith
500
This is the amount of land the CPR had to sell to setters and homesteaders in British Columbia
What is 50 million hectares