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Question 1

loyalist

Answer 1

a person who is faithful or loyal to something

Question 2

Fenians

Answer 2

Irish society

Question 3

Radicals

Answer 3

someone who wants a major change quickly

Question 4

Oligarchy

Answer 4

small group of people having control over a government

Question 5

Orange Order

Answer 5

a violently anti-French, anti-catholic movement

Question 6

stamp act

Answer 6

made americans pay a small tax, on many goods and most government services.

Question 7

Imperialism

Answer 7

a policy of extending a country’s power or control of a region

Question 8

Mercantilism

Answer 8

belief in the benefits of profitable trading

Question 9

Filles du roi

Answer 9

“the king’s daughters” they were women, often orphans, who had the least to gain by staying in France. Recruited by Talon, they came to start new lives in Canada.

Question 10

Annexation

Answer 10

The invasion of something, usually territory. Victoria business people favoured annexation by the US

Question 11

Seigneury

Answer 11

lords were granted parcels of land called seigneuries

Question 12

Directory

Answer 12

replaced the rule of Robespierre, it was controlled by the middle class, only this group could vote and elect members to government.

Question 13

Sans-Culottes

Answer 13

resented the bourgeoisie and supported the radicals. They were against reforms that would benefit the business class. They were also very violent and formed mobs that roamed Paris.

Question 14

Enclosures

Answer 14

Landowners combined the small strips of land into larger fields because the small strips were very inefficient

Question 15

Intolerable Acts

Answer 15

British passed to punish colonists for the Boston tea party.

Question 16

Act of Union

Answer 16

united Upper Canada and Lower Canada

Question 17

Laws of St. Laurent

Answer 17

adopted by the Metis, these laws governed all aspects of life in the settlement, including the bison hunt because the bison population was declining

Question 18

BNA Act

Answer 18

1867, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada joined together as one nation.

Question 19

National Policy

Answer 19

Macdonald developed the National Policy which was a formula for nation building. It consisted of A system of Protective Tariffs, Western Settlement, and The CPR.

Question 20

Scrip

Answer 20

a piece of paper that was similar to money. They were issued to the Metis in Manitoba.

Question 21

Responsible Government

Answer 21

can be voted out if elected representatives fail to please a majority of people who elected them. Democratic governments are usually responsible.

Question 22

Legislative Assembly

Answer 22

an elected law-making assembly

Question 23

Executive Council

Answer 23

a council appointed by the governor. It could veto any laws made by legislative assembly in 1791 BNA. They can advise the governor.

Question 24

Commons

Answer 24

elected by voters, members known as Members of Parliament

Question 25

Senate

Answer 25

members appointed on the prime minister’s recommendation. It is modelled after the British House of Lords.

Question 26

Clifford Sifton

Answer 26

Became Laurier’s Minister of the Interior, in charge of immigration. He used the open-door policy.

Question 27

Gabriel Dumont

Answer 27

The Métis president of St. Laurent, he arrested and fined the participants who hunted the Bison without permission.

Question 28

Joseph Howe

Answer 28

long-time Nova Scotia politician who had guided the colony to responsible government, he strongly opposed confederation

Question 29

Henri Bourassa

Answer 29

Did not like French Canadians, he founded a newspaper, Le Devoir, to publicize his opposition to Laurier’s naval policy.

Question 30

G.E. Cartier

Answer 30

Led the parti bleu which focused on the protection of French-Canadian rights and on the economic development of Canada East

Question 31

Sir Hugh Allan

Answer 31

The only major industrialist in Canada who had enough money to finance a railway. He made his fortune in shipping and manufacturing. He created the CPR

Question 32

Lief Crozier

Answer 32

Superintendent of NWC. He attempted to negotiate with Louis Riel but was unsuccessful

Question 33

Anthony Musgrave

Answer 33

Successor of governor Seymour. He decided to co-opt the anti-confederation supporters. He promised a responsible government

Question 34

Miles MacDonnell

Answer 34

Ex-militia officer who commanded the Scottish and Irish labourers who left Britain

Question 35

George Simpson

Answer 35

Governor of HBC’s northern department. Used a hands-on-approach to management