HASS

Question 1

What is a federation?

Answer 1

A federation is where multiple colonies come together to form a federation.

Question 2

What are the reasons for a federation?

Answer 2

They are free trade and movement, Immigration, National pride and identity, Defence, Womens suffrage, Laws, and Transport.

Question 3

What are the reasons against a federation?

Answer 3

They are Qld cane farmers, Unions, Ties with England, and powerful states.

Question 4

Explain the reason ‘Free trade and movement.’

Answer 4

Well, when people wanted to trade, people called ‘Tariffs’ made it harder to get around and trade because it was in between colonies and you had to pay to trade and a federation would ease the movements and trade around the states.

Question 5

Explain the reason ‘ Immigration.’

Answer 5

Well, people thought that non-whites would ‘take their jobs and fortune’ and a federation would make it harder to immigrate to Australia.

Question 6

Explain the reason ‘ National pride and identity.’

Answer 6

Well, as time went on more and more people were born in Australia, and they were proud of that so they wanted to be known as Australian and a federation would give them that title.

Question 7

Explain the reason ‘Defence.’

Answer 7

People thought that separate armies wouldn’t defend Australia enough and they thought that one giant army would actually defend Australia.

Question 8

Explain the reason ‘Womens suffrage.’

Answer 8

Women didn’t get the right to vote in elections and a federation would give them the right to vote

Question 9

Explain the reason ‘Laws.’

Answer 9

Well, if a person committed a crime, they could escape to a neighbouring colony so a federation would set important laws to be made uniform.

Question 10

Explain the reason ‘Transport.’

Answer 10

If someone wanted to travel to another colony, cars weren’t an option, so they used trans, but it was hard to do that because all of the railways were different so when they got off one train, they had to waste time and money to get on another train and a federation could make trains that would go across colonies.

Question 11

Explain the reason against federation, ‘Qld cane farmers.’

Answer 11

Well, a federation would make it harder for people to immigrate, and farmers were willing to hire immigrates for less money and a federation would make wages higher and make it harder for people to immigrate.

Question 12

Explain the reason ‘Unions.’

Answer 12

Well, unionists believed that they would get higher wages in separate colonies.

Question 13

When did Australia federate?

Answer 13

1901, January 1st

Question 14

Who started the whole idea about a federation?

Answer 14

Henry Parkes

Question 15

When was the Australasian federation convention?

Answer 15

The convention was at 1890, February 6th.

Question 16

In what year was the constitution created?

Answer 16

The year in which the constitution was made was 1900.

Question 17

What did Edmund Barton contribute to the Federal movement?

Answer 17

He went on as the leader of the Federal movement when Henry Parkes died, and after the federation was created, he went on to be the first prime minister of Australia.

Question 18

What were all of the Australian states before 1911?

Answer 18

They were NSW, Victoria, Queensland, WA, SA, Tasmania

Question 19

Who wrote the constitution of Australia?

Answer 19

Andrew Inglis Clark had written 86 sections and the other representatives had written the rest in the constitution of Australia.

Question 20

What did Henry Parkes contribute to the federal movement of Australia?

Answer 20

He was the one who started the whole talk about of the federal movement until he died federation and was the leader of the federal movement until he died on the 27th of April in 1896.

Question 21

What did Andrew Inglis Clark contribute to the federal movement of Australia?

Answer 21

The 86 of the 96 sections he wrote were used in the constitution of Australia.

Question 22

What did Samuel Griffith contribute to the federal movement of Australia?

Answer 22

He had led the drafting of the constitution of Australia.

Question 23

What did Charles Kington do for the federal movement of Australia?

Answer 23

He was the representative of South Australia after the federation was made, he went on to be the prime minister of trade and customs.

Question 24

What was the Corowa conference about?

Answer 24

It was about telling the people that they should educate the public about a federation and letting them vote and an election for delegates to decide on a draft constitution.

Question 25

What did John Quick contribute to the federal movement of Australia?

Answer 25

He had the idea to let the public vote on a federation and for delegates to decide on a draft constitution.

Question 26

Explain the reason ‘Ties with England.’

Answer 26

Some people, didn’t want to be known as Australian and wanted to be known as British and people also though that a federation would cut contact with England and Britian.

Question 27

Explain the reason ‘Powerful states.’

Answer 27

Smaller colonies were afraid that larger/ richer colonies would dominate them in a federation.