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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Assimilate

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To join a majority, giving the traditions of one’s own culture

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Parasol

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A small umbrella used as protection from the sun

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Matriculation ticket

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A piece of paper indicating that a student is enrolled in a course and will matriculate, or graduate

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5
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Serial format

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In weekly or monthly instalments

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Droll

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Humorous

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Carbolic acid

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An acid used by the French Doctor Louis Pasteur as an antiseptic

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Infrastructure

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The community structure that make travel, communications, business easier

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Whist

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A card game for two divided teams

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Firebox

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Steam boiler

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Bushel

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An old measurement of dry goods equal to about 35 litres

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Peck

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One quarter of a bushel

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Federation

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A federal union in which the members keep certain power themselves, and give others to central government

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External relations

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Dealing with outside countries

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Victoria.

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Someone who lived during the era of Queen Victoria 1837-1901

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Parti rouge

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Canada east political party, wanted American-style government, hated the act of union, support from French farmers + business people, more radical

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Parti bleu

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George E Cartier, allied with Catholic Church and Canada west politicians - economic development of Canada east, protect French Canadian rights

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Tori

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A Conservative party in Canada led by Sir John A. Macdonald

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Homogeneous

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All the same or similar kind

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John A Macdonald

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Leader of the Tories, first primes minister of Canada

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Louis-Joseph Papineau

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Leader of the Parti rouge

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George Etienne Brown

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Leader of Parti Bleu

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George Brown

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Leader of the clear grits

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Sovereignty

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Freedom from external control

25
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Manifest destiny

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A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the US was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the pacific

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Charlottetown conference

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This conference was to discuss the joining of the maritime colonies. Delegates from the province of Canada joined even though they were not invited. The first of three conferences

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Quebec conference

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The Quebec conference was the second meeting held in 1864 to discuss Canadian confederation. The 16 delegates from the province of Canada, NS, NB, PEI had greeted at the close of the Charlottetown conference to meet again at Quebec October 1864

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London conference

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The conference held in England 1867 that made Canada it’s own country

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