Unit Two: The Road to Confederation (1763 - 1867)

Question 1

TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS:

Know which one took place before and after, also their importance to Canada’s confederation.

Answer 1

1763 Treaty of Paris / Royal Proclamation
1774 Quebec Act (the US says “intolerable”)
1776 American colonies declare independence
1783 Peace of Paris / American Revolution ends
1791 Constitutional Act divides Quebec
1794 Jay’s Treaty
1812 War of 1812 between the US and BNA
1814 Treaty of Ghent
1837-38 Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada
1841 Act of Union based on the Durham Report
1864 Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences
1866 London Conference
1867 British North America Act passed

Question 2

ROYAL PROCLAMATION
How did the proclamation affect North America?

Question 3

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
How was Canada affected by US independence?

Question 4

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
What changes were made to the government of British North America?

Question 5

CONFEDERATION
What factors led to Canadian confederation?

Question 6

PEOPLE:

Just know how each one was important

Answer 6

Pontiac
James Murray
Guy Carleton
Joseph and Molly Brant
Isaac Brock
Tecumseh
William Lyon Mackenzie
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Lord Durham
Lord Elgin
Joseph Howe
George Brown
George-Etienne Cartier
John A. Macdonald
Antoine Dorion

Question 7

1. Royal Proclamation / BNA after 1763:
   British North America / Quebec / First Nations
   Thirteen Colonies / Ohio Valley / Appalachian Mountains

Answer 7

What did the Royal proclamation do, and what happened to the BNA after 1763?

Question 8

2. Impact of the American Revolution:
   Quebec Act / “Intolerable” Acts / Continental Congress / Independence
   UE Loyalists / Conscientious Objectors / First Nations and Black Loyalists New Brunswick / Constitutional Act of 1791 / Upper and Lower Canada
   Executive and Legislative Councils / Elected Assembly / Late Loyalists
   French Revolution & Napoleon / Impressment / Jay’s Treaty / War Hawks
   War of 1812 / Fort Detroit / Isaac Brock / Tecumseh / Rideau Canal

Answer 8

The impact the Amercian Revoultion had on Canada’s confederation.

Question 9

3. Struggle for Responsible Government:
   * Château Clique / Family Compact / Reformers / Responsible Government
   * Mackenzie & Papineau / Moderates vs Radicals / Patriotes / Rebellions
   Durham Report / Act of Union / Deadlock / Nova Scotia and Joseph Howe

Answer 9

How did all the colonies unite? and what events caused it?

Question 10

4. Confederation:
   Political Deadlock / Representation by Population / End of Corn Laws & Preferential Trade
   US Civil War / St. Alban’s Raid / Fenian Raids / End of Reciprocity Railways / Maritime Union / Confederation / Conferences
   BNA Act / Constitutional Monarchy / Federalism / Branches of Federal Government

Answer 10

What events caused and led up to the confederation, what did the conferences talk about, what were the rules and oblgations?