Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Lower Canad

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Maritime provinces, Quebec

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Upper Canada

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Ontario area

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Loyalists

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Americans who didn’t support the American revolution,remained loyal to Britain

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Métis

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Native and french ancestry

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Monopoly

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Exclusive ownership because of legal privilege

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Mortgage

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To use as security on a loan

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Land speculators

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Bought property and low prices, kept lots of the market to raise value, sold small bits at high prices

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Absentee landlords

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Given land by gov't
Slow to start settling land with farmers
Promised land for work, didn't keep
Some did not populate (Nova Scotia)
Caused land shortage
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Republican

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Democratic without a monarch as head of state

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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The eastern townships

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The region of south central Quebec between Montreal and Quebec City

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Copy

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The print part of a post or ad

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Anglophone

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English speaking

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Coffin ship

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A death ship. Many people died while traveling in steerage. The bodies were dumped overboard

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Tenant farmer

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A farmer who works the land owned by another

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Steerage

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Below deck, where cargo is usually stored

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Gaelic

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The language of the Celtic highlanders of Scotland

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Celtic

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The early indo-Europeans of the British isles

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To veto

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To stop with authority

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Seigneurial system

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An old system of New France whereby seigneurs or lords were granted parcels or land by France

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Insurrection

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revolution against the established government

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Mercantilism

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Profitable trade
Exporting lots
Importing little

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Imperialism

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Extending a country’s power/influence

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Colonialism

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the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically