Ch.2Vocab

Question 1

Upper Canada

Answer 1

British colony up the st.lawrence, mostly English speaking

Question 2

Lower Canada

Answer 2

British colony down the st.lawrence, mostly French speaking

Question 3

Royal proclamation of 1763

Answer 3

A British declaration confirming aboriginal title to lands west of Mississippi River

Question 4

Implicit

Answer 4

Something that is implied, and not openly expressed

Question 5

Métis

Answer 5

A person of both Aboriginal and European descent

Question 6

Loyalist

Answer 6

Americans who did not support the American Revolution, many of whom moved to the British colonies

Question 7

Clergy

Answer 7

People ordained for religious service

Question 8

Mortgage

Answer 8

To use something as security for a loan

Question 9

Barter economy

Answer 9

An economy based on trading services and products instead of using money

Question 10

Blight

Answer 10

A disease caused by mold, fungus, or bacteria that can kill plants

Question 11

Estate

Answer 11

A tract of land often covering thousands of hectares, owned by one person

Question 12

Tenant farmer

Answer 12

Someone who farms land owned by someone else, keeping part of the produce as payment

Question 13

Class system

Answer 13

A society in which those born into privileged groups have rights and advantages that others do not

Question 14

Absentee landlord

Answer 14

A person who owns and rents out a property, but does not live in the region

Question 15

Land speculator

Answer 15

Those who buy property at a low price and sell it at a higher price, usually without spending much of their money

Question 16

Seigneurial system

Answer 16

The system of landholding in New France; seigneurs were given estates and responsibilities to settle the land and oversee it’s administration

Question 17

Coffin ship

Answer 17

A death ship; disease and death were common on cargo vessels used to carry passengers at this time

Question 18

Steerage

Answer 18

The area below decks on a ship, used to store cargo

Question 19

Francophone

Answer 19

A French-speaking person

Question 20

Abolition

Answer 20

Putting a level end to slavery

Question 21

Representative government

Answer 21

A government made up of officials elected to office by the people

Question 22

Responsible government

Answer 22

A government subject to the votes of the people

Question 23

Oligarchy

Answer 23

Ruled by a small, select group of people

Question 24

Veto

Answer 24

To stop with authority

Question 25

Deficit

Answer 25

A situation where there is more spendings than income

Question 26

Nationalism

Answer 26

Devotion to the support of one’s culture and nation, sometimes resulting in the promotion of independence

Question 27

Insurrection

Answer 27

Taking up arms against government

Question 28

Dictator

Answer 28

A ruler with unrestricted power, without any democratic restrictions

Question 29

Colony

Answer 29

The overseas possession of another country that governs and uses it for its own purposes

Question 30

1791

Answer 30

Constitutional Act created upper and lower Canada

Question 31

1814

Answer 31

Louis Joseph Papineau is elected to be Legislative Assembly of lower Canada

Question 32

1817

Answer 32

Robert Gourlay is arrested for criticizing land policies in Upper Canada

Question 33

1826

Answer 33

Papineau becomes leader of the Patriots

Question 34

1828

Answer 34

Mackenzie is elected to the Legislative assembly

Question 35

1837

Answer 35

November: Battle of st.Charles
December: Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern

Question 36

1838

Answer 36

Lord Durham arrives in Quebec

Question 37

1763

Answer 37

Royal proclamation

Question 38

family compact

Answer 38

the small group of wealthy elite who controlled government in Upper Canada

Question 39

Château Clique

Answer 39

the wealthy elite who controlled Lower Canada, mostly made up of English-speaking merchants