Confederation
These two provinces joined Confederation in 1905?
What is Alberta and Saskatchewan?
This Act was considered a compromise because many people had a stake in it.
What is the Manitoba Act?
He was Canada's first prime minister.
Who is John A. Macdonald?
The idea of claiming and controlling land for one's homeland.
What is imperialism?
Descendants of the French who settled in Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Who are Acadians?
This province joined because they were in debt from the gold rush.
What is British Columbia?
This Act gave people living in Quebec religious freedom.
What is the Quebec Act?
He was known as the "Father of New France."
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Having complete control over a region.
What is a monopoly?
A French fortress that watched the main water way access into New France
What is Fort Louisbourg?
The people of this province wanted to own the land they farmed.
What is Prince Edward Island?
This Act divided power between between the federal and public governments.
What is British North America Act (BNA Act)?
He was the leader of the provisional government in the Red River area.
Who is Louis Riel?
Buying and selling goods to make money and better the economy
What is mercantilism?
“Kings Daughters” young single women sent by the king in order to populate New France
Who is Filles du Roi?
Joined Confederation due to economic difficulties (collapse of economy and high debt levels)
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
Forbade settlers from claiming land from Indigenous occupants, unless it had first been bought by the Crown and then sold
What is the Royal Proclamation?
leader of the British army during the battle for New France on the Plains of Abraham
Who is General James Wolfe?
A formal agreement between groups of people
Reasons for Exploration (4)
What is religion, economy, competition, and curiosity
These were the first four provinces to join Confederation in 1867.
What are Ontraio, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick?
Ended the Seven Years’ War. Marked Britain’s emergence as the dominant colonial power in North America
What is the Treaty of Paris?
First explorer to come to Canada on behalf of the British.
Who is John Cabot?
The promises that John A Mcdonald made to better Canada as a country. It involved building a railway, promoting Canadian goods, and settling the west.
What is The National Policy
The process of a group's language and/or culture coming to resemble those of another group
What is assimilation?