REVIEW Flashcards
What is the difference between the moderates and the radicals?
Moderates: peaceful
Radicals: violent
Who are the main moderate leaders of the unified Assembly? (West and East)
Robert Baldwin: Canada West
Louis Hippolyte: Canada East
Who approved the use of French in the Assembly as an official language?
politicians from Canada West
Who approved budgets that favor trade?
politicians from Canada East
What is the common goal of the politicians from Canada West and East?
to obtain a Responsible Government
What happens to the economy of Canada in the 1840s?
The Canadian economy suffers a major setback when the British government removes its protective tariffs which had benefited Canadian food and timber exporters for 40 years
Which new market does Montreal find after facing bankruptcy?
USA
When was the Reciprocity Treaty signed?
1854
Which countries signed the Reciprocity Treaty?
Canada and USA
What does the Reciprocity Treaty allow?
It allowed Canada to ship its wheat and timber to American markets, in exchange for allowing the Americans to fish in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
How many different governments did Canada have in 10 years?
10
Why did the British colonies consider unification in the 1860s?
- United Canada had a history of unstable governments
- Fear of American expansion into the Northwest Territories.
- Poor markets for Canadian goods
What was the Great Coalition?
a political alliance with the goal to unify the colonies of British North America.
Who were the 3 men involved in the Great Coalition?
- John A. Macdonald
- George-Etienne Cartier
- George Brown
(ABC)
What conferences were critical in the creation of Canada?
Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences of 1864
What were the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences?
They were two meetings where all the political leaders of the British colonies of Canada got together to discuss uniting the colonies to form a country
When did the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences take place?
Fall of 1864
What was the London Conference?
The final in a conference which resulted in the creation of Canada.
When was the London Conference?
December 4 1866
Who was the chairman of the London conference?
John A. Macdonald
What was the British North America Act?
It created the Dominion of Canada
When did the British North America Act occur?
July 1st, 1867
What is a synonym for the British North America Act
Confederation
How were the powers divided in Canada?
Federal- section 91 of the BNA Act - criminal law, postal service, banking, defence, Indian affairs, transportation
Provincial- section 92 of the BNA Act- education, health, municipal governments, roads, natural resources
What was the National Policy?
Created in 1879, it was John A. MacDonald’s economic program to improve Canada’s economy
What were the 3 main parts of the National Policy?
- Increase customs duties to protect Canadian companies from foreign competition
- Build a Transcontinental railroad to connect Canada to the West
- Encourage immigration to Western Canada
What was the Pacific Scandal?
It involved bribing members of the Conservative government to influence who got the railroad contract.
Who resigned because of the Pacific Scandal?
John A. Macdonald
Who replaced John A. Macdonald?
Alexander Mackenzie
True or False: Alexander Mackenzie was the leader of a Liberal government?
True
For what reasons did the Mcdonald government support the colonization of the Prairies?
- It felt that immigrants could grow enough wheat to feed Canada
- Immigrants constituted a new market for Canadian manufactured goods
What effects did the Transcontinental railroad have on the Métis and
Amerindians of the Prairies?
- It displaced them from their land
- The arrival of new settlers in the Prairies killed the buffalo, thus destroying their way of life
What was the Northwest Rebellion?
It was a fight between the Canadian military and the Métis and the Amerindians
Where did the Northwest Rebellion take place and when?
Saskatchewan in 1885
Who won the Northwest Rebellion?
The Canadians - forced Amerindians to live on reserves
Who did they capture during the Northwest Rebellion?
Louis Riel
What happened to the rural population of Quebec in the late 19th century?
- People left the farms to find jobs in factories in the cities of Montreal, Quebec and Sherbrooke
- The urban population
increased as the rural population decreased
How did the first phase of Industrialization affect Quebec?
- New factories were created in the cities
- The rural population moved to the cities in search of jobs in factories
- New working-class districts sprung up in the cities
What were some of the defining characteristics of the first phase of
Industrialization?
- Coal was the source of energy for the factory machines
- The capital for investments came from the British and Canadian entrepreneurs
- The goods produced were mostly sold in Canadian markets
- Trains and steamships were the main modes of transportation
- Factories were located in the big cities
- Most factories produced textiles, leather, food and tobacco
Who was involved in the Boer War?
Britain and South Africa
What impact did the Boer War have on Canada?
Britain wanted Canada to provide military support in the war between 1899 and 1902
True or False: English-Canadians wanted to send soldiers to help in the War, but French-Canadians were against it
True
What did Laurier do to compromise this situation with the Boer War?
Laurier tried to compromise by not imposing Conscription, but allowing volunteers to go to war