chapter 2 Flashcards
How was life hard for poor people in the Victorian era
Tiny one to two room cottages
Long hours with bad pay
No health insurance or government assistance
What is the Victorian era
When Queen Victoria ruled
Where did most Canadian immigrants come from
Ireland and Scotland
Which people are called Victorians
People who were a part of the British Empire when Queen Victoria ruled
Who was Emily Stowe
First Canadian who became a female doctor in the British Empire
What was Canada’s first newspaper
Halifax Gazette founded in 1752
What is a federation
A federal union in which the members keep certain powers themselves and certain to the government
We’re the French and people in maritimes against the federal union
Yes
What is mercantilism
An economic system based on colonialism
Home country takes raw materials in from its colonies and manufactures goods then sold for properties
What are corn laws
Laws which protect British agriculture
How did the reappealing of the corn laws affect Canada economy
It went into a depression as there wasn’t a lot of manufacturing happening
who was Lord Elgin
governor of the Canada’s
Son in law of Lord Durham
Job was to start a responsible government
What was Britain’s viewpoint on the responsible government in Canada
It was happy that Canada would cease to be its responsibility as it was expense to support the colonies
What was the Rebellion Losses Bill
In 1843 , the reformist government passed a bill giving financial compensation to anyone who lost property during the rebellions
Was anyone against the Rebellion Losses Bill
Yes
Lord Elgin and anti revel forces
It started riots and violence
What was then annexation manifesto
A plan for the United States to take over Canada
What are the advantages of Confederation
Economic stability for Canada
Colonies could trade with each other
A central government could build an intercolonial railway for defense and trade
Have a better chance of not being taken over by the USA
A better way of governing Canada
Who won the American Civil War
The Northern Yankees
Did Britain support the Northern Yankees or the Southern Confederates
The Southern Confederates
What were the 4 government parties in Canada
Parti Rouge
Parti Bleu
Clear Grits
Tories
What was the Parti Rouge
A small radical party in Canada East led by Louis Joseph Papineau
Attracted English speaking farmers an business men opposed to English
They favored an American style government and disliked the Act of Union
What was the Parti Bleu
The most powerful group in Canada East
Led by George Etienne Cartier
Focused on development and French Canadian rights
Relationship with the church so wide support
Ready to work with the English if no harm to the French
What was the Clear Grits
Radical party in Canada West led by George Brown
Defended English interests and attacked corruption
Tried to make the province more democratic
Who was George Brown
He was the leader of a radical party by the name of Clear Grits
He worked for the Toronto Globe newspaper
He hated the French and the Catholics
What was the Tories
Another party in Canada West led by John A MacDonald
Less democratic views
Made a deal win Parti Bleu to form a liberal conservative government
What’s a double majority
Both Canada East and West have to vote on things such as education , culture or religion
What are the Maritime provinces
Nice Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
How much governments had been in power from 1849 to 1864
12
What was the Great Coalition
MacDonald , Brown and Cartier worked together to save the government of Canada and unite all the colonies
Why were the conferences and how many in total
They were meetings where representatives from all the colonies discussed confederation
There were 3 conferences in total
Charlottetown
Quebec
London
What happened at the Charlottetown Conference
A Maritime union was discussed
Alexander Galt and the Great Coalition members convinced Samuel Tilly and Charles Tupper of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Edward Whelan for PEI to have another conference
What happened at the Quebec Conference
Created the seventy two resolutions
Blueprint for confederation
What were the seventy two resolutions
Statements on the government
What did Alexander Galt do
Land speculator and railway builder
What happened at the London Conference
British parliament passed the British North America Act creating the Dominion of Canada
What were the Fenian Raids
Irish society known as the Fenians wanted to harm Britain by attacking Canada
It helped people realized that confederation was needed
