chp. 6 Becoming Canada Flashcards
When did Hundreds of thousands of British immigrants come.
1763 and 1850
Why were the people living in the thirteen colonies
not happy?
They had to pay high tax’s, they could only trade with the home country, and they wanted more control over their affairs.
In 1775, They thought the Canadiens
would see them as __________.
liberators
How many people who lived in Britain were loyal to Britain?
A third of the population
During and after the war, almost ______
Loyalists migrated to the British colonies.
40 000
Everyone who lived in the thirteen colonies supported the rebellion. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
The black people received more land than others, TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
Loyalists also streamed north into ______.
Québec.
Why couldn’t Britain and the
United States get along?
Britain was at war with France. It stopped Americans from trading with the French. • The British were kidnapping American sailors to serve in the British navy. • The British were supporting the First Nations in the struggle for land.
• Some Americans wanted to take over
Britain’s colonies.
Loyalist’s had come
for cheap land, not because they were loyal
to _______.
Britain
What year was the Treaty of Ghent signed in?
1814.
After the war, Britain was eager to open up the backwoods to farming. It planned to fill its colonies with people from where?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland
Why did so many people want to leave
Britain to live in the colonies?
In Britain, the population was growing
rapidly, but jobs were scarce.
• Farmers were being forced off the land.
• Poverty and hunger were common.
Ireland suffered a terrible famine, forcing
many rural people to flee.
• With peace, ocean travel was now safer.
• The colonies offered free land, new
opportunities, and a chance for a better
life.
Immigrants travelled from Britain to Canada
by _____. and For those with money, there
were amazing cabins with comfortable beds. true or false
ships.
false
So many people died on these voyages that
they called the boats coffin ships TRUE OR FALSE.
TRUE
At first, about _______ immigrants arrived
from Britain each year. Two-thirds were
from Ireland. Then, in 1847, immigration
from Ireland leapt to 100 000. TRUE OR FALSE.
30 000, TRUE
what was the disease that broke out on the ships?
the typhus epidemic.
The War of 1812 ended in a ________.
deadlock
The First Nations could claim no
victory. About ______ First Nations allies
died in the war.
15 000
After the war, Britain was eager to open up the backwoods to farming. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
It planned to fill its colonies with people from _______, ________,______, and ________.
It planned to fill its
colonies with people from England,
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
Then how did British North
America become a haven for people escaping slavery?
It was a country with no slavery, so they could escape there with underground railroad.
Tensions grew. In time, these tensions boiled over into
_____ _________.
armed rebellion.
The legislative assembly was elected,
and it had a lot of power. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
