abc Flashcards
Census
an official count of the
population including information
such as occupation, gender, age,
religion, and ethnic origin
Gold Rush
a mass movement to
an area where gold has been
discovered
emigrate
leave one’s country to
settle elsewhere
Crown
a symbolic term referring
to the monarch of a country
nobility
members of the highest
class of society
conservative
preferring what is
safe and familiar rather than
wanting change and risk
political deadlock
a situation
where progress cannot be made
because the parties involved
do not agree
republic
a system of government
that has no monarchy; all the
politicians are elected
industrialize
develop industries,
especially manufacturing
industries
capitalist
people who built and
owned businesses
intercolonial trade
trade among
the BNA colonies
duties/tariffs
taxes on imported goods
external trade
trade with
countries and colonies outside
of British North America
colonial preference
giving
favoured treatment to colonial
repealed
abolished
free trade
trade without duties or
tariffs
Corn Laws
British laws that
governed the import and export
of grain; in Britain, cereal grains
were called corn
reciprocity
an exchange of
privileges or favours as a basis for
relations between two countries
Fenians
an Irish nationalist
organization founded in the U.S.
that encouraged revolutionary
activity to overthrow British rule
in Ireland
exploit
to take advantage of
someone or something for one’s
own benefit
Manifest Destiny
the belief that
the United States had a duty to
take over the land of North
America
equal representation
each region
has the same number of elected
representatives
representation by population
the number of elected
representatives is determined
by the size of the population in
the region represented
Canadiens
Canadians of French
descent
riding
the area represented by an elected official
proportional representation
a voting system in which a political
party gets the same proportion of
seats in government as the
proportion of votes it received
rederendum
a vote by the citizens
on a proposed government action
