alex 7 gh unit 10 test Flashcards
historical perspective
History is similar to your memory. It is the record of what has happened in the past. Without history, we do not know how things came to be as they are today. All events have their roots in the past. Things happen because other things have happened. History helps us to understand why things are the way they are.
Why did people move to British Columbia?
b/c they were promised fertile land
What happened in 1850 which changed the economy in British Columbia?
Fn were mining gold for moany yrs then when hsbc set up trading post they found out about gold .many people heard about the gold then started the gold rush
What are prospectors?
Ppl searching for gold
What was Governor James Douglas worried about happening?
He did want the same thing that happened to California-lawlessness
How did he fix this?
He issuing licenses to miners and created a police force
What are magistrates?
judges
How did the gold rush affect the local First Nations? What was their reaction?
Scared fish away – major resources for fn they stood up and said no but then they killed the fn for the gold
What was created in 1858 to bring law and order?
b created bc in 1858 the bring order to the situaton
Where was more gold found? Why was this a problem? What was Douglas’s Solution?
Quesnel River in the Cariboo Mountains
B/c hard to get supplies to camps so build a road
Where did the Cariboo Road eventually lead? What did this do for the town?
Fraser River
It turned into a very big city
Although the gold rush only lasted until 1868, it had far reaching effects. Describe these effects.
Victoria was turned into a big city
Newcomer’s stayed-built farms and houses and businesses
B officials started government
Fraser mills was created
Describe how the Fraser Mills Company helped create a town
Needed ppl to work so ppl stayed to pop
What was life like for the First Nations in BC?
B4 the gold rush the fn fried to adjust –but hard. Did not understand way of life
What were the Douglas Treaties?
14 pieces of land on Vancouver Island from the fn
Describe why there was tension and anger between the First Nations and The newcomers.
b/c they got put on camps
Why was BC combined into on Colony?
b/c it would cost too much money to keep them separate
Why were the colonists unhappy with Britain?
b/c bc was in debt and was very poor
-spent too much money on the road
What were the three choices of the colonists?
Stay b colony
Become Canadian province
Join usa
What did BC want in return for joining Canada?
Canada to pay debt
Build a road from parries 2 pacific
Canada to pay new provinces every year
What did Canada offer that “sweetened” the deal?
transcontinental railway
When did BC join Confederation?
20 July 1871
What FOUR factors made those in PEI change their minds? Describe in detail.
Land question-absentee b owned land, islanders paid rent to landowners
Railway-give jobs and provide trade opp
Trade with usa-cant trade –no agree-so Canada was only choice
B w/no more cost-b wanted to not spend so much on running pei.canada no want usa to take over –so pressure from b and Canada
What did Canada eventually agree to in 1873 concerning PEI?
Pay debts of ppl Pay BC money every yrs. Pay cost of railway Yr. round boat service Give Pei 6 MP in hoc Buy land from absentee in b
