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Chapter 6 Concepts: Becoming Canada Flashcards

1
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What was the effect of the Great Migration (cause and effect)?

A
  • land cleared for farms
  • increased British population
  • first nations livelihood threatened
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What was the effect of the rebellions of 1837 (Lower Canada)?

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  • tensions between Canadiens and British
  • Canadiens wanted to govern themselves
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What was the effect of the rebellions of 1838 (Upper Canada)?

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  • Britain keeps strong control of Upper Canada
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What was the effect of Lord Durham’s Report?

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  • Britain decided that BNA (British North America) should be an “English” colony
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What was the effect of the Act of Union?

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  • tried to assimilate Canadiens but this backfired
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6
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What caused the Great Migration?

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  • unemployment
  • potato famine
  • crowded conditions
  • poverty
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What were the conditions like on the coffin ships?

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  • death
  • overcrowded
  • lack of food and water
  • long journey
  • poor conditions
  • diseases
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8
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Where is Lower Canada compared to Upper Canada

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Lower Canada is downriver of Upper Canada

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In Lower Canada, who held the power in appointed councils in 1837?

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  • The English merchants known as the Chateau Clique
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What killed thousands of Canadiens around 1837 the rebellion?

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A cholera epidemic was brought to Lower Canada

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Why were many Canadien farmers starving in Lower Canada around 1837?

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  • years of crop failures resulted in starvation
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What was the situation in lower Canada in 1837?

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  • English merchants held the power
  • cholera epidemic
  • starvation from crop failures many years in a row
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13
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Where is Upper Canada?

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Upstream of Lower Canada (the St. Lawrence River)

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Who held the power in councils in 1838 (Upper Canada)?

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Wealthy English-Canadien families known as the Family Compact

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Were there crop failures in Upper Canada as well?

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Yes, and politcal problems were caused due to the crop failures.

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Who were the major Reformers (people who made changes) in North America?

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  • Joseph Howe
  • William Lyon Mackenzie
  • Louis-Joseph Papineau
17
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Where did Joseph Howe influence?

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Nova Scotia

18
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Where did William Lyon Mackenzie influence?

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Upper Canada

19
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Where did Louis-Joseph Papineau influence?

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Lower Canada

20
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What did Joseph Hower want?

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  • more power
  • remain a British subject
21
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What did Mackenzie want?

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  • democratic government
22
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Who led the rebellion in 1838?

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William Lyon Mackenzie

23
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What did Louis-Joseph Papineau want?

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  • encouraged people to create their own governments
24
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democracy

A

the general population votes to elect decision and law makers

25
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What did the leaders in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada have in common?

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They wanted a more democratic form of government.

26
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What are the three recommendations in the Durham Report?

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  • Union of Upper and Lower Canada
  • More democratic government
  • assimilation of the Canadiens
27
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Who made the Durham report?

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Lord Durham

28
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What were the consequences of unifying Upper and Lower Canada?

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  • Canadiens have less power
  • Canadiens’ identity threatened
  • English gain power
29
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What was the consequence of a more democratic government?

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  • colonists have more say in their own affairs
30
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What were the two consequences of assimilating Canadiens?

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  • English feel superior
  • Canadiens feel inferior
31
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What did the Durham report do?

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  1. Inspired the Act of Union.

The Act of Union unified Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada

  1. Created an assembly with an equal number of elected members from Canada East and Canada West.
  2. Made English the official language (so this left out the French speaking people etc.)
32
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What is Lower Canada also known as?

A

Canada East (French)

33
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What is Upper Canada also known as?

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Canada West (English)

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