Unit 1
What is a census?
An official document stating every residents age, date of birth, religion
define intercontinental and external trade
trade within/outside of a colony
What were the three conferences and what were their purpose
Charlottetown Conference - See who wanted to join Canada
Quebec Conference - To discuss laws and rules for Canada, made Quebec resolutions
London Conference - Ask permission from British to confederate
Who were McDougall and Scott
McDougall hired to be Lieutenant Governor of Rupert’s Land to make gov, got escorted out after ignoring a note not to come
Scott vocal against Catholic, Believes to set up gov without Metis, Threat to Metis, Executed for treason
what year did the railway finish
1885
Full Government Hieracrhy
1st in Command: The Crown (born into position)
2nd in Command: Governor (hired by Crown)
3rd in Command: Legislative and Executive Council (hired by governor)
4th in Command: Legislative Assembly (elected by eligible voters)
5th in Command: Eligible voter is Canada West & East (had to be property owning male)
What is a tariff?
a tax or duty forced to pay on imported and exported goods and products?
Date of Confederation
July 1st, 1867
Who was Riel, what did he create after returning to Red River, why did he flee to US
25 year old Metis man, created a provisonal gov, created, created The National Committee of the Metis of Red River, fled to US after executing Scott
what was the immigration act?
an act to limit the amount of people entering Canada to lower chance of disease
What was life like for the poor?
Had to work in factories with low wages, dangerous conditions and got typhus
What was the Reciprocity Deal
a treaty between BNA and The US reducing taxes and tariffs on goods transported between them
Features of Canada's government
Federal System, Billingual, Balance between elected and appointed, Balance between rep by pop and equal rep
Terms of Manitoba Act
- Small part was Manitoba, Fed Gov controlled rest
- Fed Gov controlled land and resources
- Bilingual
- Only religious ed guaranteed, not English and French
- Separate Protestant and Caltholic schools
Who were the Grey Nuns?
They were a Montreal religious order, who provided financial support to the poor, and took in orphans
- federal and provincial governments
- what are each levels of government in charge of
- balance between representation by population and equal representation
- balance between elected and appointed people in government
New additions to Canada and why (no explained reasons for 2 of them)
Manitoba - Wanted to expand
NWT - wanted to expand
PEI - failing economy, joined on condition of money for railroad
BC - Gold found in Fraser River, BC chose to keep it's ties with Britain instead of joining US
Main industries of place (Canada East + West, Maritimes, BC)
Canada East - steam powered machines
Canada West - textiles and growing metalwork industry
Maritimes - fishing and overseas trading (shipbuilding was important too)
BC - Took longer to come due to FNP and HBC's wanting to keep the fur trade, when it came was shipping and forestry
Who were the opposition to Confederation and why
Antione-Amie Dorion - Thought Confederation would destroy French culture
Wilfrid Laurier - Lawyer - Wanted free strong french community with separate government
Joseph Howe - Halifax Journalist - Thought it wasn’t good for maritimes colonies - too small pop (overwhelmed) and too far away
Metis List of Rights
North-West will join Canada as province
Separate schools based on religion
Public money spent on education
Land treaties with FNP
French & English in all courts + documents
Judge of the Supreme Court + Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest must be bilingual