Chapter 10

Question 1

Prince Edward Island

Answer 1

For: they didn't have to rent from land owners
Against: they wanted more money
Terms of agreement:
Pay debts
Money each year
Steamboat service year round
Pay for railway
Six mps 
Buy back land

Question 2

Alberta and Saskatchewan

Answer 2

For: they could be granted full responsible government
Against: they were doing fine without Canada
Year: sept 1 1905

Question 3

Newfoundland

Answer 3

For: the railway would provide many jobs
Against: they thought they could survive and prosper on their own
Year: Commission would be replaced with representative government

Question 4

Why did people come to British Columbia?

Answer 4

For gold, gold, and more gold!

Question 5

Who had been mining gold first?

Answer 5

For years the First Nations had been mining gold and sending it to trading posts

Question 6

Who were prospectors?

Answer 6

People who searched for precious metals

Question 7

How did they stop lawlessness between miners?

Answer 7

He issued licenses to the miners and appointed magistrates to enforce the law

Question 8

How did the gold mining in British Columbia affect the First Nations in the area?

Answer 8

When they mined along the rivers it scared away the fish, for some fish was their lively hood

Question 9

What was the impact of the gold rush?

Answer 9

Many people stayed to farm and set up businesses and many road were built

Question 10

Tell me about the First Nations in British Columbia

Answer 10

They had a highly developed trading network, but the newcomers just didn’t understand their way of life, they then were forced to move onto reserves in exchange for protected rights

Question 11

What happened with the road crew and the Tsilhqot’in and the road crew?

Answer 11

They looted from their graves, raiding villages and scaring off animals

Question 12

What did Britain pay for the colonies?

Answer 12

They paid for defense and government

Question 13

Why did they unite British Columbia and Vancouver island?

Answer 13

Because it was too much money to run 2 colonies

Question 14

Why did British Columbia become a province?

Answer 14

They were deeply in debt and Everton around them were changing

Question 15

What were the 3 choices that British Columbia had?

Answer 15

To remain a British colony
To become a province of Canada
To join the United States

Question 16

What did BC want in return of being a province?

Answer 16

• they wanted Canada to pay their debts
• they wanted a road to be built across the prairies to the pacific
• they wanted Canada to payments to them each year

Question 17

Why did pei reject confederation at first?

Answer 17

They wanted more money and more members of parliament and Canada couldn’t meet their demands

Question 18

Why did pei start to change their mind on confederation?

Answer 18

If they joined confederation they didn’t have to rent land
The railway would provide many jobs
They could make trade deals
Pressure from Britain

Question 19

What were the terms of agreement

For pei?

Answer 19

• pay their debt
• pay them money every year
• provides year round steam boat service
• give them more members of parliament
• buy back land from owners

Question 20

Why did NWT think they should have provincial status?

Answer 20

The population was growing and they needed to collect taxes for different things

Question 21

What issues had to be settled before north west territories could become a province?

Answer 21

The number of provinces that could be created
The division of ownership and powers of resources
Minority rights

Question 22

What was the argument for on province?

Answer 22

They have been under one government for years and have been doing quite well with one

Question 23

What was the argument for 2 provinces?

Answer 23

One province would be to powerful and too large to manage

Question 24

What did the federal government give Alberta and Saskatchewan in exchange for control over land and resources?

Answer 24

1 million dollars each year

Question 25

What was settled about minority language rights?

Answer 25

Schools would be taught in English and have one hour of French a day

Question 26

What happened to the economy of Newfoundland?

Answer 26

Their economy was based on natural resources but no one had the many to buy the resources

Question 27

What were the choices that Newfoundland had?

Answer 27

Return to colonial status
Keep commission
Become a province of Canada

Question 28

What are some good results of confederations?

Answer 28

They gained access to health care, insurance and old age pensions

Question 29

What are some bad results of confederation?

Answer 29

Ten fishing industry declined and cod fishery was shut down

Question 30

British Columbia

Answer 30

For: Pressure from Britain 
Against: there were not enough people to pay taxes
Terms of agreement:
Canada will pay their debt
A road will be built
Payments each year