History Tellers Flashcards
American Revolution
Cutting the ties with Britain
Before War of Independence Patriots were called Rebels
Rebels were bad to loyalists to pressure them to become Patriots
Loyalists leave
Got hung, tar and feathered, homes taken away
Loyalists wanted to remain loyal to Britain: Royal Navy and Army to protect them, market to send excess farms good to, many farmers didn’t care who ruled them.
Loyalists went to Canada or back to Britain
Laws Greive
Challenges of Loyalist Migration
Loyalists wanted Canada to be similar to the places they moved from
Loyalists asked Quebec to become more British with laws and customs but this could endanger French laws, customs, language, religion
Searching the West
Expanding further and searching farther
Building A Nation
Building a political Canada with boundaries and names
Split Canada
Gov. splits Canada into upper(Ontario) (mostly English Protestant settlers) and lower(Quebec) (mostly French Catholic settlers)
They did this because they needed to please the 140000 French speakers and the 30000 English speakers
U.S. attacks Canada reacts
Canada won the War of 1812
Britain had shut down trade between France and the U.S. the U.S thought that BNA would join them but instead the colonists fought back. They didn’t want to be Americans because of the bad stuff done to them during the Loyalist Migration.
All of Canada came together to win
Is Attacks- Canada reacts
If
Civil Rebellions
Reformers being spammed by Queen for acting in treason. Reformers wanted rules to change. French and British
Confederation- Four make a Nation
When Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec joins the dominion of Canada.
1867
Usher Canada became a country through Confederation on July 1st 1867
John A. Macdonald
Came from Canada West and born in Scotland
Wanted to create a nation that stretched “sea to sea”
Became Canada’s first Prime Minister after Confederation
Sea to sea
Railway connecting Canada
