First Nations
When a decision is made as a group whereby everyone agrees.
Consensus
A region claimed and governed by a country from another part of the world.
Colony
This phase of the fur trade took place between explorers and first nations.
The early fur trade
The Royal Proclamation created the province of Quebec with the aim of assimilating this group of people.
French Canadiens
The first Prime Minister of Canada.
John A. Macdonald
This clan originally lived close to the coast in the summer and away from the coast in the winter.
Mi'kmaq
British territory that was controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Rupert's Land
In New France, these two cities were the centers of the fur trade.
Montreal and Quebec
During civil unrest, this group wanted to remain loyal to Britain.
United Empire Loyalists
This group was never consulted about issues to do with Confederation.
First Nations
This nation had clans, each with different responsibilities. Clans worked together to provide balance and order in society.
Anishinaabe
The main economic activity of the British Thirteen Colonies.
Agriculture
Those with mixed ancestry that acted as interpreters, trappers and guides during the fur trade.
Metis
In government, this phrase describes the inability of equally powerful leaders to reach an agreement, preventing the government from making progress.
Political Deadlock
The British North America colonies feared this from the United States.
Annexation
First nations negotiated these in order to secure trade, defense, or to make peace amongst each other.
Alliances
In New France, men who were given large parcels of land by the king of France.
Seigneurs
The main reason that the fur trade gradually moved further west from the area around St. Lawrence River.
Traders needed new sources of fur.
This British act allowed French Canadiens to practice their religion, hold government positions, and use French laws.
Quebec Act of 1774
The United States added an extra charge to goods coming in from British North America.
Tariff
Narratives that are used to teach skills, transmit values, spread news, and record family and community history.
Oral history
Economic practice by which governments used their colonies for raw resources and maximized exports in order to increase the wealth of the mother country.
Mercantilism
This company was formed to compete against the Hudson's Bay company, after New France became a British colony.
North West Company
This British act combined Upper and Lower Canada into a single province.
Act of Union 1841
This act formally united the colonies entering Confederation and established distribution of powers between federal and provincial governments.
British North America Act 1867