Vocabulary
The colonies of the East Coast are known as the ...
What are the Maritimes?
Free trade. (Example of for bonus points)
What is trading without taxes or tariffs?
Ex. trade agreement with Canada and USA.
The Dominion of Canada officially became a country on.... DAY MONTH AND YEAR!!!!
July 1st, 1867!
A deadlock happens when...
What is no further progress could be made? OR Equally powerful parties cannot agree on a course of action.
What two nations did Confederation acknowledge?
Who are the English and the French?
The BNA Act of 1867 resulted in the creation of the ____________ of Canada.
What is Dominion?
Rep by Pop
What is the election of representatives whose numbers are based on the population of the region?
The first Prime Minister of Canada was named...
Who is John A. MacDonald?
Who is the COOOLEST most swaggy teacher?
Who is Miss B?
Were Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland part of the original group to join Confederation?
What is NO, they did not join Confederation until later on?
The belief (held by the US and colonists) that they were meant to control all of North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Democracy...
What is a system of government where the people hold the power?
The places where the leaders of the British colonies met to discuss the union were.....
Where is Charlottetown and Quebec City?
What combination of factors in British North America led to confederation? (3)
What is risk of American takeover, shifting trade relations, and political deadlock?
The British colonies responded to change in British trading policies by....
What is begin trading with the United States and creating a free-trade agreement?
The resolving of a disagreement whereby everyone gives up a little to get an agreement that everyone can live with.
What is Compromise?
Responsible Government
A government that must answer to elected representatives
The first four colonies to join Confederation were...
Who is Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, AND Quebec?
Between 1840 and 1870, Maritime colonies called it a "Golden Age" because....
What did the British North American Act (BNA Act) NOT do?
What is give First Nations people equal rights with the rest of the citizens?
A system of government in which a central government has power over matters affecting the whole country.
What is federalism?
A system of government in which a central government has power over matters affecting the whole country.
What is federalism?
Queen Victoria named______________, later to become the city of Ottawa as the capital city of the Dominion of Canada
What is Bytown?
Conflict over "rep by pop" was a big concern for....
Who is the Canadiens (they had a smaller population)
The Indigenous people were mostly ___________ about the development of Confederation.