Fathers of Confed.
This man, often considered the "Father of Confederation," was the first Prime Minister of Canada and played a leading role in creating the 1867 British North America Act.
Sir John A. MacDonald
George Brown led this political party whose platform wanted people to have more of a voice in government operations.
What is the Clear Grits
This is the smallest colony and province in Canada whose first inhabitants were the Mi'kmaq peoples.
What is Prince Edward Island
This word refers to the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
What is "colonization"
A government that answers to the people; this government must have a majority support to stay in power
What is a Responsible Government
The Fathers of Confederation wanted to unite the British North American colonies due to the threat of this country.
What is the USA
This push for confederation happened when parties would vote against each other’s bills and no new laws were passed.
What is "political deadlock"
This colony was formally known as "Upper Canada" and is now the south-west portion of modern day Ontario.
What is Canada West
This newly constructed innovation, known as the
"CPR" led to a rapid influx of settlers into western lands traditionally occupied by Indigenous peoples as well as providing quicker travel and trade across colonial Canada.
What is the "Canadian Pacific Railway"
The process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and cultures.
What is assimilation
This key figure from Quebec was instrumental in ensuring that French-Canadian culture and language would be protected in the new Canadian Confederation.
George-Étienne Cartier
A.A. Dorion led this French-based political party that opposed the Confederation of British North American colonies.
What is Parti Rouge
This colony was the exclusive commercial domain of the Hudson's Bay Company and used to cover 1/3 of what we now call Canada.
What is Rupert's Land
The Red River Rebellion was led by this leader of the Métis who became an "enemy" of Canada's political leaders for standing up for Indigenous rights.
Who is Louis Riel
This term is when the number of elected members of a Legislative Assembly is based on the number of voters.
What is Representation by Population
Sir John A. Macdonald, with the support of many other founding fathers, funded this "nationwide program of assimilation" for the Indigenous peoples
What are the residential schools
This treaty was upheld between 1854-1865 and was a free trade agreement between the British North American colonies and the USA.
What is the Reciprocity Treaty
Gold mining and fur trade were the dominant economic resources in this cold, un-population colony
What is the Northwestern Territories
What was one of the diseases that European colonizers brought to Canada pre-1867 that decimated Indigenous communities?
What are smallpox, measles, or influenza
This term refers to when different political parties choose to set aside their differences and work together to achieve a common goal (the solution to "political deadlock")
What is a Coalition Government
Sir John A. Macdonald, taking advantage of international railway workers, introduced this discriminatory tax after the railway was completed.
What is the Chinese Head Tax
This political party was the most loyal to Queen Victoria and Canada's connection to Britain
What is the Conservative Party
Which four colonies were the first to join the Confederation of Canada in 1867?
What are Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
This Act, though formally passed in 1876, was already being worked in during 1867 Canada; it discriminated against Indigenous women, brought about the beginning of Residential Schools, and took land and governing systems away from Indigenous peoples.
What is the Indian Act
A term used for all the elected representatives of government who meet and to debate and make policy decisions for the country.
What is a Legislative Assembly