canada

Question 1

economy and enterprise
canadian pacific railway

Answer 1

scottish railway workers were instrumental in building the canadian pacific railway which connected many parts of canada for the first time, causing a huge boost in trade capacity.

Question 2

economy and enterprise
the hudsons bay company

Answer 2

george simpson became governor in cheif of the hudsons bay company from 1821 and recruited heavily in the western and northern isles of scotland. the company traded fur and become one of canadas largest industries.

Question 3

economy and enterprise
agriculture

Answer 3

scots introduced farming technique of crop rotation to canada which allowed canadian farms to be productive every year without resting the soil. this allowed more food to be produced so population could rise

Question 4

economy and enterprise
business leaders

Answer 4

scots were leaders in the paper, iron, steel, gas and oil industries. by 1920, 25% of canadian business leaders were scots and a further 25% had scottish parents. scots therefore had a huge impact on the development of canadas society

Question 5

culture and religion
gaelic culture

Answer 5

scots introduced tartan, bagpipes, ceilidh dances, the fiddle, highland games and the sport of curling to canada. all of these were incorporated into canadian culture and became a part of the way that scot-canadians expressed their heritage. this developed canadas cultural indentity.

Question 6

culture and religion
literature

Answer 6

scots introduced scottish literature from robert burns, robert louis stevenson and sir walter scott to canada. it became common in parts of canada to celebrate burns day. this inspired and developed canadian literature and education.

Question 7

culture and religion
politics

Answer 7

john a mcdonald, born in glasgow, was the first PM of canada and held the position for 18 years. as PM during canadas formative years he had a very large influence on developing native societies (harming native peoples)

Question 8

culture and religion
higher education

Answer 8

mcgill uni, toronto uni and queens uni were all founded by scots. this development and significantly expanded higher education opportunities in canada.

Question 9

native societies
inter-marriage

Answer 9

professor daniel wilsons research of 1878 claimed that inter-marriage between scots and native peoples in canada was so common that all scots-canadian families had native peoples among their realtives. this demonstrates that some scots came together with native people and created a new,shared culture w/ them

Question 10

native societies
displacement

Answer 10

scots (and other euro immigrants) forcibly pushed native people from the lands they had lived on for hundreds of years to make way for ‘modernisation’ of canada. they severly disrupted the traditional way of life

Question 11

native societies
john a mcdonald

Answer 11

john mcdonald (canadas first PM) worked hard to destroy native peoples lifestyles to suit his own plans for canada. macdonald gave his ‘indian agents’ the power to starve native peoples until they agreed to move away from the land to be used for the canadian pacific railway. this had a devastating impact on life.