They would go to parties, concerts, circuses, fairs and shows in these places
What is the cities?
100
Economic stability, intercontinental railway, improvements in government and ensuring that BC and Rupert’s Land were not taken over by the US were examples
What are advantages (to confederation)?
200
Clear the land
What was the first task that the settlers had to do?
200
Bourgeosie
What is merchants for French-Canadians?
200
Quaker and Methodist homes were this
What is anti-slavery homes.
200
They would go to barn raisings, quilting bees, weddings and barn dances in this place
What is the country?
200
The leader of the Clear Grits party who protected English-Canadian interests, attacked corruption in government and disliked Catholics and the French
Who is George Brown?
300
Going to church, or to being visited by a travelling member of the clergy
What is what people looked forward to do?
300
The region of south central Quebec between Montreal and Quebec City
Where are the Eastern Townships?
300
Escaped slaves were handed back to their masters and severely punished when this happened.
What is caught escaping?
300
Reading books, listening to music, bear-baiting, dog and bull fighting and bare-knuckle boxing were examples
What were some pastimes?
300
Rouge, Bleu, Clear Grits and Tories
What were parties in Canada?
400
Many settlers arrived to find that much of the good land was already taken up by absentee landowners and speculators
What did many settlers arrived to find?
400
They divided the land into townships, and laying out the routes for future roads
What did the surveyors do before the settlers came?
400
They came to build new lives and to be free of fear
Who are fugitive slaves?
400
They spent time having dances, talking and playing games such as cards in this place
What is a parlour?
400
A group formed by Macdonald, Cartier, and Brown to make a powerful enough government to bring confederation into being
What is the Great Coalition?
500
Land speculators
What is many members of the Family Compact?
500
The journey across te Atlantic
What is the first rude awakening?
500
Maritimes descended from these people
What is Black Americans?
500
Newspapers that were published every day of the week
What are ‘dailies’?
500
A blueprint for Canada produced in 1864 by the Quebec Conference