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Rebellion
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Life in Upper and Lower Canada
Immigrants
Potpourri
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Who was the leader of the rebels in Upper Canada?
What is William Lyon MacKenzie
100
the overseas possession of another country that governs and uses it for its own purposes
What is a colony
100
Today, Lower Canada is the following province
What is Quebec
100
True or false: The trip to Upper and Lower Canada was easy
What is false
100
The main waterway that flows in British North America
What is the St. Lawrence River
200
In what years did the rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada take place?
What is 1837-38
200
those who buy property at a low price and sell it at a higher price, usually without spending much of their own money
What is land speculators
200
The main language spoken in Upper Canada was
What is English
200
Slaves from the Southern United States used this to get to Canada
What is the Underground Railway
200
This person was in charge of the colonies
What is governor
300
What was the result of the rebellions?
What is the Durham Report, responsible government, Province of Canada
300
rule by a small, select group of people
What is oligarchy
300
People in Upper Canada were discontented for one of the following reasons
What is (a) lack of farmland (b) lack of roads (c) lack of democratic government
300
Provide one reason why life in Upper Canada was a struggle for immigrants
What is (a) lack of land for farming (b) disease (c) lack of roads
300
One reason why people in Lower Canada were upset
What is (a) taxes (b) discrimination against the French (c) lack of representation in government
400
Two reasons that the colonists rebelled
What is non-democratic government, taxes, land issues, rebellions in France and USA
400
To stop with authority
What is veto
400
This person led two rebellions in Lower Canada
What is Louis Joseph Papineau
400
Some immigrants from Britain wanted to create this type of society in Upper Canada
What is class system
400
The three places most immigrants to Upper Canada originated from
What is Britain, Europe, USA
500
A government made up of officials elected to office by the people
What is representative government
500
This person, born in Scotland, led the rebellion in this colony (2 parts)
What is William Lyon MacKenzie in Upper Canada
500
Provide 3 reasons why immigrants came to British North America
What is (a) Freedom (b) economic opportunity (c) No jobs in Britain (d) Farm land
500
This act united Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada and declared English was seen as unfair to French Canada
What is the Act of Union