People to Know Flashcards
Sir John A. MacDonald
“Father of Confederation”
Louis Riel
- Led the Metis Resistance
- Was an American citizen at the time of his death
- Negotiated the Manitoba Act
Nellie McClung
- Against conscription
- Prohibition of alcohol (it’s evil!)
- Famous Five
- Helped women gain the right to vote
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms, FLQ Quebec Unity Crisis, Oui et Non
Justin Trudeau
Trudeaumania returns. He’s been able to connect with young people in the way previous PMs couldn’t.
John Diefenbaker
Bill of Rights
George Etienne-Cartier
Led Parti Bleu of Canada East
Jacques Cartier
Voyaged to Canada 3 times. Reported abundant resources in 1534. In his second voyage his treatment of the Stadaconians was disastrous.
General James Wolfe
Sailed from England in 1759 to conquer Nouvelle-France. Attacked against French General Marquis de Montcalm. Won the battle of the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759 against the French. Seven Years War.
General Marquis de Montcalm
Was a French general. Lost against Wolfe. Seven Years War. Led the French soldiers.
David Suzuki
Is a Japanese Canadian environmentalist. Lived during WWII and was in an internment camp
Frederick Banting
Discovered insulin
Tommy Douglas
Universal Health Care!
Tommy Prince
Aboriginal war hero. Awarded 11 medals in WWII and Korean war. From MB.
Tecumseh
Led the Confederacy of the tribes that had a military alliance with the Canadian defence of its territory in 1812
Benjamin Franklin
Best known as one of the Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
Gabriel Dumont
Was the military leader for the Metis during the North-West Resistance.
Chief Dan George
Was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band. Was also an actor
Justice Murray Sinclair
An Anishinaabe. A part of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Committee. Submitted an action plan with a list of reforms.
Lord Durham
Was sent by Britain to provide solutions in response to the Upper and Lower Canadian rebellions
Lester B. Pearson
UN and Peacekeeping mentality
Lord Selkirk
Also named Thomas Douglas. Used his money to help displaced Scottish farmers. Bought enough shares of HBC to gain purchase of land. Now called Selkirk Concession or Assiniboia.
Thomas Scott
Was an orangeman. Was anti-French, anti-Catholic. Was executed.
Samuel De Champlain
Was a French voyager who went to early Canada. He needed to make allies with First Nations to survive in Canada. He gained much beaver for France from trading. Had gone to war between the Huron and Algonquin against Iriquois. He tried to introduce God. Tried to bring more settlers to Canada
Brian Mulroney
Abortion, GST, Meech Lake Accord, Free Trade and NAFTA
Joseph Louis Papineau
Lower Canada. His Parti Patriote relied on newspaper Le Canadien to spread views. Believed Canadiens should decide their own future and not be governed by English-speaking minority
William Lyon Mackenzie
Led the rebellion of Upper Canada. His newspaper, The Colonial Advocate, to expose injustices in Constitutional Act and Family Compact
Isaac Brock
The Canadian military leader of the War of 1812
Wilfred Laurier
“Canada first, Canada last, Canada always” First French PM in 1896. Laurier-Greenway Compromise of 1897.
Arthur Currie
Led the First Division at Vimy Ridge. Commander-in-chief of the Canadian Corps.
J.S. Woodsworth
- Arrested on “Bloody Saturday” during the Wpg General Strike
- Minister in Methodist church
- Capitalism was damaging
- Started Social Gospel
- Started the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Party (precursor to NDP)
- socialism born in Canada!
Stephen Harper
Stability in tough times, apology to Indigenous Peoples
Elijah Harper
The only Aboriginal Member of the Legislative Assembly in MB. Voted against Meech Lake Accord.
Piece of shit (trump)
A president. Idk what Klassen wants to know
Robert Borden
Prime minister. His policy of conscription. Passed the Military Voters Act and Wartime Elections Act.
Jean Chretien
Unity crisis, Charlottetown Accord, Referendum #2
Emily Murphy
1919, became the first woman judge in Alberta. Took matter of not being a “person” to Supreme Court 1928. A year later, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, ruled that women should be viewed as persons under the law.
Laura Secord
Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack.
