CONFEDERATION & RAILWAY
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)?
The railway that connected Canada coast to coast.
What is the Hudson’s Bay Company?
The fur trading company that controlled Rupert’s Land.
Where did resitance begin with the Métis?
Red River
Which prime minister introduced the National Policy
John A. MacDonald
What are the Numbered Treaties
Agreements between the Canadian government and First Nations.
What is the British North America Act?
The law that created Canada.
Who are the Métis?
The group of people of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry.
Who was the leader of the Métis during the resistance.
Louis Riel
What are tariffs
Taxes on imported goods.
What are reserves
Land set aside for Indigenous peoples.
What is the Pacific Scandal?
The scandal involving MacDonald and railway contracts.
Why were the Métis upset?
Fear of loosing their land, culture and unique way of life
What kind of government did the Métis form?
a provisional government
Name the three parts of the National Policy
protective tariffs / railway / immigration
What is the Indian Act?
The 1876 law controlling Indigenous peoples.
What are the four original provinces of confederation?
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia?
Who did the Canadian government send to get a lay of the land?
Surveyors
Name one demand from the Métis Bill of Rights
recognition of French and English languages, representation in parliment, provincial recongnition
The National policy benifited Central, Eastern or Western Canada?
Central
Why did many First Nations sign these treaties?
to protect land and survive
What is a consequence faced by Chinese immigrants after railway completion?
The Head Tax
Which group of settlers clashed with the Métis?
English speaking protestants from Ontario
Who is the man executed by the Métis that caused outrage in English Canada?
Thomas Scott
Why did Canada encourage western settlement
Secure Canadian territory from USA
What was the major method the Canadian government used to force Indigenous compliance?
withholding food / starvation