Chapter 2
The people of this group are the descendants of the indigenous people of Labrador and European immigrants.
Southern Inuit/Labrador Metis
In the 19th century, people living in Newfoundland and Labrador were living in this type of economy. They produced most of what they needed to live, rather than purchasing it.
Subsistence Economy
The person in charge of Newfoundland in the early 19th century. They only stayed for part of the year, during the fishing season. The colony was seen more as a fishing station than a proper settlement.
Naval Governor
A type of house which Fisherman typically lived in, which usually had two stories, or two and a half stories. The larger ones would have had four rooms on the main floor, with 2 smaller rooms in the back
Salt Box House
A notable shipbuilder in Newfoundland in the 19th century.
Michael Kearney
For this group, some of the biggest bush factors were religious discrimination and a potato famine. They took part in the migratory fishery in NL and by the 19th century made up half of St. John's population.
Irish Immigrants
This branch of the fishery was conducted along the Grand Banks, Rose Blanche Bank, and St. Pierre Bank in Large vessels known as “schooners” alongside smaller boats called “dories”.
Bank Fishery
In this style of government, their was an elected assembly that could suggest new laws representing 9 electoral districts. The Governor and Council appointed by England had the power.
Representative Government
This type of roof was usually found on Merchant houses. It featured a curved slope.
Mansard Roof
The first premier of Newfoundland.
Phillip Francis Little
The aboriginal peoples of Labrador. They speak Inuktitut and have lived in Labrador for hundreds of years. They traveled by dogsled and canoe, fished for Arctic char, and hunted caribou.
The Inuit
This type of fisher was conducted along the shores of Newfoundland in small boats. Cod was caught using baited hooks. These hooks were lowered into the ocean on weighted lines known as handlines.
Inshore Fishery
In this style of government, the Governor would have no real power and would have to follow advice of executive council. Executive council would be picked from an elected assembly. Whatever party gained the most seats would be the ruling party.
Responsible Government
Some foods such as flour, molasses, tea, beans, etc, were imported to Newfoundland from this place.
The West Indies
The man who was given the contract to build the Newfoundland railway.
Robert Reid
This indigenous group came to Newfoundland before the 19th century and had many settlements across the province. They had a seasonal lifestyle and had considerable social and commercial contact with Europeans through fur trade and guiding. They converted to Roman Catholicism and adopted some European ways of life.
The Mi'kmaq
A cashless system where in exchange for their season's catch, fishermen and their families received credit at the specific merchant's store. They could buy fishing supplies, food, and clothing with the credit they received.
Truck System
This compromise came about due to political conflict between different Christian denominations and the political parties they were tied to, mainly Catholic and Protestant. It led to the establishment of separate schools based on denomination in NL.
Denominational Compromise
An apparatus used to communicate over a long distance using a wire (usually in Morse code).
Telegraph
The founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union
William Ford Coaker
The indigenous people of Newfoundland. It is estimated they numbered less than a thousand people at the time of contact with Europeans. Due to a number of issues that arose due to interactions with Europeans, they are considered extinct.
The Beothuk
This branch of the Seal Hunt was conducted in ships off the coasts of Northeastern Newfoundland and Labrador, and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Offshore Hunt
A fire that started with a dropped pipe in a barn and due to a dry month and a heavy north-east wind, the fire spread rapidly through the joined wooden buildings of downtown St. John's.
The Great Fire of 1892
A home made of logs, chinked with moss, sheltered the solitary trapper during the long season.
Tilts
An Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system. He accepted the first transatlantic signal.
Guglielmo Marconi