Canada Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
Who was the first PM?
A
John A. MacDonald
2
Q
Transport
A
Canadian Pacific Railways main engineer was Sanford Fleming
Funded by the bank of Montreal
3
Q
McGill university
A
Founded in 1821 with money from James McGill a merchant and politician from Glasgow
4
Q
Fur
A
The Hudson Bay company dominated the Canadian Fur trade and was run by Scots
5
Q
Toronto
A
The university of Toronto was founded by James Strachan
6
Q
Bank of Montreal
A
The president was George Stephen
7
Q
Farming
A
Scot’s settled in the fertile districts of Ontario and they brought farming techniques such as crop rotation
8
Q
Education
A
Scots heavily influenced the curriculum they made it broader and introduced more practical subjects
