BRITISH COLUMBIA
July 20, 1871.
What is British Columbia's confederation date?
No voting rights for constitutional changes.
What is a territory?
July 15th, 1870.
What is the date Manitoba officially became a province?
In 1867, farmers did not see any benefit in confederation.
What is the reason PEI originally said no to confederation?
One of the PEI fathers of confederation.
Who is William Henry Pope?
Vancouver & mainland British Columbia.
What is British Columbia's two origional colonies?
Decisions were made based off of a common majority.
What is a consensus system of government?
An agreement that officially made Manitoba a province.
What is the Manitoba act?
About __ of the island population were rural farmers.
What is 90%?
He sincerely believed Confederation would be good for the island, but died before Confederation became a reality.
Who is Edward Whelan?
Supported Confederation, and put forth a motion in the Legislative Assembly asking for British Columbia’s entry into Confederation.
Who is the leader of the Mainland Reformist Party?
The amount of members of the Legislative Assembly that are elected as independents in their districts.
What is nineteen?
The spirit that speaks answer.
What is the meaning of the Cree and Assiniboine word that Manitoba comes from?
Collected a large amount of rent from farmers.
Who are landowners in Britain?
His fluency in French and English, his education, and his pride in his heritage made him a natural leader.
Who is Louis Riel?
Joined the head of the Fraser River with the town of Barkerville.
What is the Cariboo Road?
'Unofficial oppisition' in a consensus government.
Who are the assembly members not being elected to a particular post?
Americans were interested in annexing Manitoba.
Why did the Canadian government want to buy Rupert's land?
The amount of monet in which the island government was to receive for each island resident.
What is $50?
A politician and editoriest who had proposed the union of the two west colonies.
Who is Amor De Cosmos?
Prevented Amor De Cosmos from attending the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences.
Who is Governor Frederick Seymour?
What is the Speaker of the Legislative Council, the Premier, and the Cabinet Ministers?
The name for Manitoba due to its small size.
What is the 'postage stamp province'?
Attended both the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences, and became a well known writer known for various island newspapers.
Who is Edward Whelan?
A Hudson's Bay company official who worked with Louis Riel.
Who is Donald smith?