Chapter 5 Flashcards
Digue
A barrier usually made of earth
Deport
To send out of a country
Great deportation
The removal of 11,000 Acadians by Britain starting in 1755 Britain took the Acadians land at home and other possessions
Grievous
Difficult to endure
Strategic postion
A place who’s physical location makes it important or valuable, often for military reasons
Prejudice
A negative generalization about a group of people based on uninformed judgment
Martines
The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI
Officially bilingual
Having rights in law that embellish equality between two languages
Genocide
A policy to eliminate people of a particular cultural identity
Ethnic cleansing
A policy to remove people of a particular culture identity
Treaty of Paris
The 1783 agreement between Britain and France that ended in the seven years war which France gave up nearly all its claims in North America
Retaliate
To give revenge
Assimilate
To become part of a different culture group
Bicultural
Giving official recognitions to two cultures
Elected assembly
Representatives elected by voters
Tithe
A payment to support church based on 1/10 of a person’s income
3 key facts of the deportation of the Acadians and how it affected Canada
- The British deported the Acadians and took their land and homes
- they did that because they didn’t take the oath of allegiance
- The British didn’t trust them because they were French Catholic
They deported French people so there is less French people then there would be
Three key facts about the seven years war and how it affected Canada
- 1754 fighting broke out between Britain and French
- 1756 the war went global, Britain aimed to destroy the French Navy
- 1763 the war ended, when French signed the Treaty of Paris
If British lost the war we probably would all be speaking French and not have the queen of England $20 bill
Three key facts about the battle of the Plains of Abraham and how it affected Canada
- because of the battle British captured quebec
- after the battle the French army retreated to Montreal a few months later the army returned back to Quebec and defeated the British
- well waiting for supplies for the British ship came first
Sometimes Canadian historians presents the battle of the Plains of Abraham as a decisive battle. A battle that gave British control of North America
Three key facts about the treaty of Paris 1763 and how it impacted Canada
- The seven years war ended with the treaty of Paris
- France gave up almost all its claims in North America
- France it negotiated grants to the treaty
There would probably have been more French governors and French people
Colonization
The process of one country embellishing domination over territory in another country or region
