Chapters Test Review Flashcards
Why did BC join confederation?
Canada pays BC’s debts.
Canada to build road connecting prairies to Pacific.
Annual payment from Canada.
Why were options for Newfoundland in whether to join confederation?
Return to colonial status.
Leave British commission in place.
Become a province of Canada.
What are absentee landowners?
Landowners who are not currently occupying the land.
How did the purchase of the NWT affect the First Nations
The first nations needed the food and money promised by the government. Also, because they wanted an alternative to war and a way to set up farms to avoid losing land. But to get all this, they would have to give the land to the government and live in reserves.
Push and Pull factors
Push factors encourage people to leave their points of origin and settle elsewhere, while pull factors attract migrants to new areas.
How did Canada promote immigration (Posters) The Trap
They promoted a lifestyle that was not true, using false advertising and lying to the immigrant so that they would go and never leave.
Why did the Canadian Government was to sign the Numbered Treaties
So they could get more land and have more control over natural resorces.
What was provided to the First Nations from the Treaties
Food, money, living on reserves and as alternative to war and a way to set up farms to avoid losing land.
How did the Chinese contribute to the foundations of Canada
Doing manual labour in horrible living conditions and dangerous jobs. In order to build the Canadian railway
