Fraser River Gold Rush
In 1858, gold was discovered in ______ __________.
(STRAIGHT FROM NOTES+TEXTBOOK)
New Caledonia
What did the Reciprocity Treaty allow?
Free trade between the United States and British North America
What fraction of people with small pox died?
1/3
The Red River Settlement was in __________ _______
Rupert's Land
Who are the Metis?
Metis are Aboriginal people descended from a First Nations mother and a father of European descent.
Around 30,000 ___-_______ prospectors arrived from British North America.
Non-Aboriginal/Non-Indigenous
Many Americans believed that people from China were _____________________?
Taking their jobs
After 18 months _______ out of _________ people in the colony had died of small pox.
(still gets points if close)
32,000-50,000
Many Metis families sent their children to ____________ ___________ schools.
European Settler
What is the Aboriginal Title?
The legal recognition that a particular territory belongs to a specific First Nations group.
Mining polluted water which threatened?
First Nations fishing supply
Businesses hired unemployed Chinese workers to reduce ____.
cost
What fraction of British Indigenous people died?
2/3-two thirds
As fertile land in the East became less common mid 1850's Scottish immigrants arrived hoping to find land which made it difficult for _____, who were already __________.
Metis, living on the land
Who is Louis Goulet?
Metis trader who traveled between the Red River Settlement and other areas.