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100
This man was a reformist during the rebellion of Upper and Lower Canada. He owned a newspaper that allowed him to spread his political ideas. He fought for things like improved education, disestablishment of the Church of England, and political reform.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie
100
This is a shelter occupied by indigenous people of North America, dating back to 16000 BP. It is the longest site continuously inhabited, and it pre dates the Berginia theory, suggesting that North America might have been populated sooner than previously thought.
What is Meadowcroft Rock Shelter
100
This group came to British North America because: there were demobilized soldiers following the Napoleonic wars, an Economic Depression following the war, their domestic population was growing and was faced with a population boom and civil unrest between Protestants and Catholics.
Who are the Irish
100
This form of land division was brought over from France. The land was owned by the King, and was given out to certain deserving individuals. These individuals divided their land among laborers, called Habitants or Censitaries, and they were responsible for creating roads and mills for the Habitants.
What is the Seigneurial System
100
This concept has three main tenets: protection of private property, individual liberty and equality. It was applied differently to white middle class men than it was to indigenous peoples who were seen as not fit to govern nor fully equal without assimilation.
What is Liberalism
200
He was a Scottish merchant who formed the North West (not Kimye's daughter) Company, he was the first white man to travel to the Pacific to trade furs and became rich, showing how individuals could rise in wealth and status through the fur trade, eventually returning to Scotland.
Who is Alexander Mackenzie
200
This settlement was created by Josiah Henson, an ex slave who ran away from his master who threatened to sell him 'down river'. This place was a refuge for other black slaves fleeing America.
What is the Dawn Settlement
200
in this treaty, French had “traded away” their territory of Acadia to British.
What is the 1713 Treaty of Ultrecht
200
The idea of assigning women to nurturing and submissive roles within the household and assigning men active and dominant roles in economy and politics.
What is Separate Spheres
200
The expansion of this in Canada was very costly and Canada was indebted to British Banks.
What is the railway
300
This man was a surgeon in the British army. He was actually a woman in disguise, concealing her identity to further her education when it was not possible for women to do so.
Who is James Barry
300
This place became the focus of French development after they lost Acadia to the British. During the war of Austrain Succession, it was taken over by Governor Shirley of the Massachusetts Bay colony.
What is Louisbourg
300
This piece of legislature helped Irish immigrants safely cross to British North America, as it improved conditions aboard vessels that they took to North America
What is the Passenger Act
300
These two groups were against each other in the war of 1812.
Who are the patriots and the loyalists
300
These are the three ways in which aboriginals resisted the white settlers. They can be represented by Peter Jones, Handsome lake and the Manitoulin incident, respectively.
What are assimilation (Peter Jones), repel outsiders (Handsome Lake), and petty violence (Manitoulin).
400
This first individual was the first prime minister of Canada, who implemented high tariffs to build and protect Canadian industry. This second individual lead resistant Nova Scotia to confederation, and was the first minister of railways and canals.
Who are John A. Macdonald and Charles Tupper
400
This was the first French Settlement in Acadia.
What is Port Royal
400
This war had an impact on British and French Relations during the mid 1700s. Causing the French and Mikmaq to attack a small British fishing village, Canso, followed by a retaliation of the British
What was the War of Austrian Succession
400
These three groups were previously under represented in the founding history of Canada, but with changing political and social views, they are now represented as founders of Canada
Who are women, French and indigenous peoples
400
He proposed the idea that population goes up exponentially, while food does not. This changed the way British viewed migration to Canada: from disliking losing workers to not being able to get rid of people fast enough.
Who is Thomas Malthus
500
This individual opened up schooling opportunities for farmer's daughters and advocated for primary education beyond elites and the middle classes.
Who is Egerton Ryerson
500
This battle in 1759 was between British enlisted men who defeated French troops fighting for their homeland, leading to the surrender of Québec to the British.
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
500
This act promised indigenous men that they could become British citizens if: they spoke French or English, received an elementary education, were sober and free of debt. They would be granted 50 acres of land and all their Indian status was removed. Once this act failed, this second act was passed which made women, who married men not recognized by the government as indigenous and their children, no loner have Indian status.
What is The Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and the Indian Act of 1869
500
This man was appointed by the French King, he oversaw the imposition of the seigneurial system, the immigration of soldiers and women to the colony, and encouraged industrial development.
Who is Jean Talon