Formation of Canada

Question 1

What were the original four provinces that united in Confederation>

Answer 1

Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick

Question 2

What were the external Reasons the Colonies wanted to become a country?

Answer 2

The American threat
- Their strong army
- Their belief that the should own the whole North American Continent.
The changing relation with Britain
- It no longer wanted to provide military protection.
- It was no longer focused on trading soley with Canada

Question 3

What were the internal Reasons the Colonies wanted to become a country?

Answer 3

The need for a new government
The need for a railway to conenect the east and west

Question 4

When did Confederaton take place?

Answer 4

July 1st, 1867

Question 5

Where did confederation take place?

Answer 5

Charlottown, PEI

Question 6

What were the members of Confederation known as?

Answer 6

The Fathers of confederation

Question 7

When was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?

Answer 7

November 7, 1885

Question 8

What did the BNA act do?

Answer 8

• Created the federation provinces and territories
• Gave government ability to redraw borders to make new provinces
  -Specified responsibilities of Provincial and Federal Governments
  -Made legal basis for the federal Cabinet
• Established a supreme court of Canada (1877)
• Bilingual
  -Seperate schools for Protestants and Catholics.
  -Guranteed Quebec’s Distinct law
• Prohibited provincial tariffs
• Gave Prlovincial legislature power to amend provincial constitution

Question 9

In the BNA, What was the Federal government responsible for?

Answer 9

-Public debt and property
-Regulation fo trade and commerce
-Taxation
-Borrowing money
-Postal Service
-Census and statistics
-Military and defence
-Government Salaries
-Beacons Buoys lighthouses and Sable Island
-Navigation and Shipping
-Quarantine and Marine Hospitals
-Sea coast and Inland Fisheries
-Indians
-Immigration
-Marriage and Divorce
-Criminal Law

Question 10

In the BNA, What was the Provincial government responsible for?

Answer 10

-Direct taxation and revenue of the province
-Borrowing money on Credit of the province
-Land timber and wood sales
-Prisons
-Hospitals Asylums and charities
-Miunicipal institutions
-Shops, saloons Taverns, Auctioneers
-Companies
-Properties and civil rights
-Punishment and fines