Chapter 2 Vocab

Question 0

Duties/tariff

Answer 0

Taxes on imported goods

Question 1

Intercolonial trade

Answer 1

Trade among the BNA colonies

Question 2

External trade

Answer 2

Trade with countries and colonies outside of BNA

Question 3

Colonial preference

Answer 3

Giving favoured treatment to colonial trade

Question 4

Repealed

Answer 4

Abolished

Question 5

Free trade

Answer 5

Trade without duties or tariffs

Question 6

Corn laws

Answer 6

British laws that governed the import and export of grain; in Britain, cereal grains were called corn

Question 7

Reciprocity

Answer 7

An exchange of privileges or favours as a basis for relations between 2 colonies

Question 8

Fenians

Answer 8

An Irish nationalist organization founded in the U.S. That encouraged revolutionary activity to overthrow British rule in Ireland

Question 9

Exploit

Answer 9

To take advantage of someone or something for one’s own benefit

Question 10

Manifest destiny

Answer 10

The belief that the U.S had a duty to take over the land of North America

Question 11

Equal representation

Answer 11

Each region has the same number of elected representatives

Question 12

Representation by population

Answer 12

The number of elected representatives is determined by the size of the population in the region represented

Question 13

Canadiens

Answer 13

Canadiens of French descent

Question 14

Riding

Answer 14

The are represented by an elected official

Question 15

Proportional representation

Answer 15

A voting system in with a political party gets the same proportion of seats in government as the proportion of votes it received

Question 16

Referendum

Answer 16

A vote by the citizens on a proposed government action