Party in the BNA
This term describes the "jammed" situation where Canada East and West couldn't pass any laws because they constantly voted against each other.
What is a Political Deadlock?
Emily Stowe was known for many accomplishments in her life, including being the first female to practice medicine. After being rejected from the Toronto School of Medicine in 1865, she attended this school and graduated in 1867.
What is the New York Medical College for Women?
Missionaries and colonial officials saw this ritual as a sign of instability of the Indigenous people
What is the Potlatch ceremony?
George Brown’s favourite solution; it’s the political system where the number of seats you get is based on how many people live in your area.
What is Representation by Population?
The easiest answer for unhappy people. Louis Riel and Big Bear led ongoing rebellions in the Northwest Territories. Louis Riel ended up getting hanged after a trial. This was the punishment that was given to the other leaders after the Northwest Rebellion.
What is jail time?
Between 1815 and 1850, British North America’s population surged from 600,000 to 2.4 million, a phenomenon driven by the Great Migration. This growth was attributed to 'Push' of the Great Irish Famine and the 'Pull' of this specific 3,000-mile secret network that brought approximately 30,000 people to Canada West seeking freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
The Métis people faced this challenge that led to the Northwest Rebellion
What is the Métis land being given away?
This is the process in which Indigenous people were forced or compelled to give up their status as "Indian" in order to join the "Canadian civilization" as full members.
What is enfranchisement?
George Étienne Cartier strongly opposed representation by population because he feared it would give more power to the English-speaking majority. He got into lots of arguments with which opposing politician?
Who is George Brown?
Sir John A. Macdonald was forced to resigned following this scandal in this year, in which his Conservative government took funds from Sir Hugh Allan in exchange for the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway
This 1864 get together that was supposed to be for the Maritimes only, but the Province of Canada crashed the party to suggest a bigger union.
What is the Charlottetown Conference?
Following getting lured by false promises by the CPR, the Chinese immigrants spent 4 hard years building a railroad, only to not be paid enough to go home to their families and faced a head tax to re-enter the country. This province is where most Chinese immigrants landed after building the railroad.
What is British Columbia?
Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, gave a public apology on behalf of the Canadian government for the suffering of Indigenous children in residential schools. This apology was made on this date.
What is June 11, 2008?
Following Confederation, the new government was a combination of appointed and elected representatives. The House of Commons would have elected representatives, while this group would be appointed by the Prime Minister.
What is the Senate?
Many First Nations bands found loopholes in the Potlatch Ban, including holding this ceremony in celebratory seasons, such as Christmas. This man was the first to be charged under the law for practicing the Potlatch ceremony.
Who is Bill Uslick?
These "72 Resolutions" were written in this city and became the "instruction manual" for the Canadian Constitution.
What is Quebec City?
What is property ownership?
Residential schools were schools meant to assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian European culture. The residential schools were started in 1831, made mandatory in 1894 by this commissioner, and ended in 1996.
Who is Hayter Reed?
In the mid 1800s, after a wave of new immigrants moved to Canada, John A. Macdonald sent many people to live in Red River, Manitoba. After a sustained conflict with a certain Metis leader, this guy got himself executed.
Who is Thomas Scott?
Big Bear led the Cree through the Northwest rebellions and refused to sign the numbered treaties. After a significant increase in population in the Cree areas, Big Bear changed his mind, choosing to surrender to the Canadian government for this reason.
What is the Cree running out of food?
In the BNA, this member of Parliament was appointed by The Crown (the monarch) and was responsible for appointing members of the legislative council and executive council
Who is the governor?
This organization was founded by Dr. Emily Stowe to fight for women’s rights and access to higher education.
What is the Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association (CWSA)
All 11 of the Numbered Treaties were signed is this number of years
What is 50 years or from 1871 to 1921? (Treaties 1-7 signed 1871-1877, Treaties 8-11 signed 1899-1921)
During the 1872 election, the Canadian Pacific Railway company, led by this man, bribed John A. Macdonald to obtain the contract to build the railroad. This led to a career destroying scandal called the Pacific Scandal.
Who is Sir Hugh Allan?
The Northwest Rebellion came to an end after the 4-day Siege of Batoche (May 1885), with the Canadian government taking power and the Métis facing critical supply shortage. Before this, the Métis and the Cree were victorious in these two battles.
What are the Battle of Fish Creek (Metis won) and the Battle of Cut Knife (Cree won)?