Key concepts #5 Flashcards
What is the difference between constituional and absolute monarchy?
Constitutal they have a set of laws they must abide by and absolute does not
Why did the charlottetown conference happen, and when and where did it happen?
Happened because of the US civil war.. lead to wanting a unified country.. Happened in 1864 in PEI
What did the charlottetown do?
Reached 72 resolutions and guaranteed federalism (50 resolutions were made by sir John A mcdonald)
What is federalism?
Involves a federal budget, military, immgration and postal services.
What is the quebec resolution?
It was just the second half of creating the resolutions
What was the british north american act based off of, when did it happen and what was odd about it
It was based of the 72 resolutions.. happened in 1867, and PEI pulled out
What did the british north american act acheive and restrict?
It gave canada more autonomy and was technically a self governing colony within the bristish empire but could not make foregin policies.
What led to the british north american act being abolished?
WWI promoted feelings of nationalism, did not wanna be involved with the british empire
What did the statute of westminister do and when did it happen
It got rid of all british influence but gave britain the ability to change the canadian constitution this happened in 1931
When did britain renouce their power to change canadian constitution
1982
What was important about sir john a macdonalds national policy
He implemented protectionalism from 1878 to the second world war to sheild canadian industries from american industries
who was the second prime minister
William Lyon Mackenzie king
How did our second prime minister win the election
Promised to keep Sir john A macdonalds national policy
Why was our second prime minister so important?
He serves the longest unbroken term from 1896 to 1911.. he was a liberal party member who pushed for canadian unity, highly educated (PHD) and guided canada through 3 eras (prosperity, great depression and WW2)
Who was Lester B pearson
He was a minister in foreign affairs and later became prime minister
Why was lester B pearson so important?
He did not have a majority coalition but still got things done and intervened in the suez canal, he kept canada out of the vietnam war, helped build the medical plan and our flag
What was the suez crisis
A canal in egypt which was run by britain and france but eygpt took over and lester b pearson proposed to have the UN intervene and stay present in the canal to ensure peace
Why was pierre elliot trudeau important? and how many times did he win the election?
He made canada offically bilingual and he made the charter of rights and freedom. He won 4 elections
Why did pierre elliot trudeau term end?
Inflation got bad and people wanted change
Who did people elect after pierre elliot trudeau
Brian Mulroney
What did Brian Mulroney do and why did his term end?
He privatized a lot of companies and his term ended because of the recession therefore he resigned
Who took over after Brian Mulroney
Kim campbell -Our first and only female primeminister
What happened to the parties in 1990?
The rupture of the conservative party happened.
What groups did the conservative parties split into?
The reform party and the progressive conservative party
What happened because of the split?
Liberal won elections from 1990s to 2006 but ended because of a scandal
When was the independance referanda?
It happened in 1980 and again in 1995
What was the independance referanda proposing?
That quebec be a soverign state separate to canada but sharing economic/political partnerships
What is the role of the house of commons? and how many members are in it?
Propose bills and have 338 members
What is the role of the senate and what is weird about them?
The leader chooses the senate people, and have similar powers to house of commons and can technically reject and propose bills but they don’t because they are unpopular therefore keep a low profile to survive
What is the senate composed of
24 seats each in the Marytimes, quebec, ontario, west and others have 6
What is the Indian act and when was it introducted
to amend and consolidate the laws with indian people was introduced in 1876
How many people are in the supreme court
Composed of 9 justices
What is different between the appoitment of canadian justices and us
Canada, leader can just choose them and US congress gives advice and consent.
