Unit 2 Confederation Flashcards
(18 cards)
Riel
Meti leader
Dumont
Political/military leader, Riels right hand man
Thomas Scott
Orange man executed in Manitoba
MacDonald
First Prime Minister of Canada
Laurier
Prime Minister, when Saskatchewan and Alberta joined Canada
Dr Shultz
Owner of nor Western paper in Man
Walter Scott
First premier of Saskatchewan
Alexander Rutherford
First premiere of Alberta
Poundmaker
Peace maker and defender of his people
Big bear
Involved in treaty 6 and north west rebellion
Earl grey
Governor General of Saskatchewan
Middleton
Plan three prong approach against Northwest
Alberta and Saskatchewan capital cities and why?
Edmonton it was centre of province
Was former trading post and mp lived there
Regina it was on the cpr mainline, was headquarters of NWMP was the capital of NW
Results of battle of batoche
-NW helped complete railway
-riels execution led to split in English and French relations
-put attention on the concerns of the NW people
-Quebec’s Catholics left conservative and started to support liberals
What was agreed-upon between McDonald and Riel in Manitoba’s entry into confederation?
-settlers given rights to land
– French and English official languages
– Catholic and public schools accepted
– 0.80/person intill hit 400 thousand population
Canadas federal systems 3 branches
Legislative-law making body, laws and taxes
Executive-policy making, approves proposed legislation before it goes to HOC
Judicial-court system, interprets the laws and carries out justice
John A MacDonalds national policy
-Protective tariffs
-settlement of the west
-formation of NWMP
-signing of 7 treaty’s
-national railway, started to build it right after he got in, goal was to build it from Montreal to the west coast of BC, finished shortly after the US did there’s even though they had 10x population as Canada
Why did confederation occur
-political deadlock, no laws passed
-railway was needed
-trade with United States
-threat of American expansion
-changing British attitudes
