Confederation
I was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is John A. MacDonald?
Canada wanted to unite to have defense against this country.
What is America?
I am the current Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is Mark Carney?
These people are voted in by Canadians to represent them in their riding. They are called MPs for short.
What is a Member of Parliament?
I helped convince Nova Scotia to join Confederation.
Who is Charles Tupper?
I was the leader that helped convince the French-speaking people to join Confederation.
Who is George-Etienne Cartier?
This would be built to join east to west.
What is a railroad?
This act that was passed in 1867 united the three provinces at the time of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the province of Canada.
What is the British North American Act?
The Members of Parliament at this place in Ottawa to discuss laws and other issues that affect all Canadians.
What is the House of Commons?
I am the current governor general.
Who is Mary Simon?
This was the first meeting of the colonies to discuss confederation in 1864 where leaders from Quebec and Ontario were invited to join leaders from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
What is the Charlottetown Conference?
This group of English speakers supported confederation because it would give them protection from the United States and help them improve trade.
What are the Anglophones?
This branch of government includes the cabinet the prime minister.
Who is the Executive Branch?
This group is picked by the Prime Minister to be ministers of different areas like health, education, finance and defense.
What is the Cabinet?
This is the highest award or honour that a Canadian citizen can receive.
What is the Order of Canada?
This is the day that the Dominion of Canada was formed.
What is July 1st, 1867?
This group joined Confederation because they were going to be given control over their own schools and have fair laws that respected their religion.
Who are the Francophones?
This branch is Parliament, made up of the House of Commons and the Senate. They create laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This person gives final approval to pass a law.
Who is the Governor General?
These groups contain close to the same amount of people. A member of Parliament is voted in to represent each one.
What is a riding?
This was the third meeting held in 1866, where leaders from Canada went to ask for British permission to form their own country.
What is the London Conference?
This leader of the Anglophones proposed ideas that the Francophones would be able to keep their culture to convince them to join Canada.
Who is George Brown?
This branch includes the courts and judges. They interpret and apply the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This group examines laws to ensure that they are fair to all Canadians.
Who is the Senate?
The current person that the Governor General represents in Canada.
Who is King Charles III?