Chapter 10

Question 1

How many people first came to British Columbia?

Answer 1

Not many

Question 2

After people came to British Columbia for farmland and the fur trade, why did others come?

Answer 2

Because of the goldrush

Question 3

How was the goldrush discovered?

Answer 3

The first Nations first found it

Question 4

What kind of numbers did the goldrush bring to British Columbia

Answer 4

25,000 people came to mine gold

Question 5

What was the governor’s response to people coming to British Columbia for the goldrush

Answer 5

He created a police force, appointed judges, and issue licenses is to miners

Question 6

What became of Victoria after the goldrush?

Answer 6

A thriving center for farms, businesses, and governments

Question 7

What three things cause the colonies to nearly go bankrupt?

Answer 7

• The goldrush died,
• The for trade died,
• They spent most of the money on Cariboo Road,
• Not enough people to pay taxes

Question 8

What was Britain’s solution to the colonies nearly going bankrupt?

Answer 8

They united Vancouver Island and British Columbia into one colony

Question 9

Why was BC feeling pressured to make a decision about their future?

Answer 9

They were surrounded by large developing countries

Question 10

What were BCs three choices to make a decision about their future

Answer 10

• Remain as a British colony,
• Become a province of Canada,
• Join the USA

Question 11

Why didn’t PEI join confederation in 1867

Answer 11

They wanted money and more members of Parliament, but the other colonies did not meet their demand

Question 12

What factors convinced the people of PEI to change their minds?

Answer 12

• Most Islanders had to rent their land,
• They wanted the government to pay for the railway,
• They were trying to make a trade deal with the US,
• Canada was worried the US secretly planned to take over the island

Question 13

What things to Canada agree to PEI were to join confederation?

Answer 13

• Pay the islands debts
• pay the province an annual sum of money
• provide year round steamboat service between the island and mainland
• give PEI 6 MPs in the house commons
• take over the cost of building the island’s railway
• buy back land from absentee owners in Britain

Question 14

When did PEI become the seventh province?

Answer 14

July 1, 1873

Question 15

The Northwest Territories Act made______ the capital

Answer 15

Regina

Question 16

What first true people to British Columbia?

Answer 16

The promise of fertile farmland and the fur trade

Question 17

What was the controversy over schools in the provinces and how did Laurier decide on it?

Answer 17

The Anglophones wanted one school board that discluded the French, to allow with one hour of French instructions a day

Question 18

What city was chosen chosen as the capital of Alberta?

Answer 18

Edmontonbecause they voted for Laurier

Question 19

What year did Alberta and Saskatchewan join confederation?

Answer 19

1905