What are political issues, economic issues, defence issues and transportation issues.
100
The first prime minister of Canada.
Who is John A. MacDonald?
100
This first conference was held to discuss the joining of the Maritime colonies.
What is the Charlottetown Conference?
100
This feature of the act outlines that _________ and _______ would be the official languages of parliament in Canada.
What are French and English?
100
A piece of legislation passed by parliament.
What is an "act"?
200
Defence issues included the US believing that they had the duty to take over the land of North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
The Irish Organization that threatened B.N.A. in retaliation against Britain.
Who are the Fenians?
200
This province dropped out of the discussions and decided not to join the rest of the colonies in Confederation after the second conference.
What is Newfoundland?
200
The federal system would work like this.
What is a parliament for the whole country and a legislature for each province?
200
Britain gave favoured treatment to colonial trade.
What is "colonial preference'?
300
The two main countries that B.N.A. exported to causing economic issues in the colonies.
What are U.S. and Britain?
300
These 3 groups were never considered in government issues or asked about their opinion on Confederation.
Who are women, native peoples and blacks?
300
The leaders of 4 provinces met to discuss Confederation and the particulars for sharing powers in the new country.
What is the Quebec Conference?
300
Parliament would have two houses: the House of Commons and the Senate.
What is a balance of representation by population and equal population?
300
British laws that governed the import and export of grain.
What are the "corn laws"? (N.B. Cereal grains were called corn)
400
Two types of the people's representation in the government.
What are equal representation and representation by population?
400
This group was afraid that a government based on representation by population would result in them losing their culture and language.
Who are the Canadiens?
400
The B.N.A. act was signed during this final meeting.
What is the London Conference?
400
The House of Commons would be elected by voters and the Senate would be appointed by the prime minister.
What is a balance between elected officials and appointed representatives?
400
An exchange of privileges or favours as a basis for relations between two countries. B.N.A. and the U.S. signed one in 1854 agreeing to reduce tariffs on trade.
What is a "Reciprocity Treaty"?
500
Reason that railway would help unite the colonies.
What are increasing trade between the colonies and making travel and transport easier?
500
MacDonald and this rebel leader battled it out in the Battle at Montgomery Tavern.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie?
500
The date that British North America became the Dominion of Canada.
What is July 1st, 1867.
500
The B.N.A. Act was renamed this in 1982.
What is the Constitution Act, 1867?
500
The difference between "intercolonial trade" and "external trade"?
What is trade among the B.N.A. colonies and trade with countries and colonies outside of B.N.A.?