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33 Cards in this Set
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Sir John A. Macdonald |
-First Prime Minister of Canada -English representative in Red River Rebellion and Northwest Rebellion |
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Louis Riel |
-Represented French in Northwest Rebellion -Accused for treason (petition outlining Metis grievance) -Hoping to be judged on his actions, denied any insanity to not be held accountable for actions in court -Cased moved to Regina and he was sentenced to death |
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Gabriel Dumont |
-Represented French in Northwest Rebellion -Led Metis forces |
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Wilfred Laurier |
-Represented French in Manitoba School Question |
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Thomas Greenway |
-Represented English in Manitoba School Question |
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Robert Borden |
-Represented English during conscription crisis -Wanted conscription |
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Henri Bourassa |
-Represented French during conscription -Against conscription |
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Maurice Duplessis |
-Led a Union Nationale government, which focused on preserving traditional rural ways of life -Promised to defend Quebec's French language and culture -Relationship with Catholic Church was close -Was criticized by many people for being behind the times |
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Jean Lesage |
-Led the Liberal Party during the time of the Quiet Revolution -Quebec's premier from 1960-1966 -One of the fathers of the Quiet Revolution -Had a more secular government (moving away from the church) |
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Pierre Laporte |
-Quebec labour minister who was kidnapped and murdered by the FLQ |
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James Cross |
-British trade commissioner who was kidnapped by the FLQ -Returned for the promise of 5 members being sent to Cuba |
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Pierre Trudeau |
-Vision that all citizens are equal in Canada -Prime Minister and Liberal leader -Invoked War Measures Act -Passed the Official Languages Act |
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Robert Bourassa |
-Premier of Quebec (Liberal) -Believed in Quebec's continuing rule in Canada |
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Rene Levesque |
-First leader of PQ -Took power in 1976 -Through referendum, negotiated political independence in Quebec |
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Lucien Bouchard |
-Leader of BQ -Won 54 seats -Many concerned that he was not loyal to Canda |
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Jean Chrétien |
-Opposed Quebec's sovereignty movement -Supported bilingualism and multiculturalism within Canada |
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Red River Rebellion |
-Dispute over Metis political rights (1869-70) -Manitoba created in 1870 -Riel flees to Manitoba |
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Northwest Rebellion |
-Dispute over Metis land rights (1884-85) -Ended with Riel being found guilty of reason and hanged in Regina |
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Treason |
-Crime of betraying one's country -Especially by attempting to kill the sovereignty or overthrow the government |
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Manitoba Schools Question |
-Dispute over destroying French influence in Canada -Manitoba wants to eliminate French Catholic schools -Ends with the Laurier Greenway Compromise |
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Laurier Greenway Compromise |
-1. Tax payers don't have to support Catholic or French schools -2. 40 Catholic pupils in town, 10 in rural -3. Teaching based off language if 10 or more students spoke anything other than English |
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Conscription |
Forced people to join the war |
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Quiet Revolution |
-"It's Time For A Change" -Jean Lesage's Liberal party in 1960 -Quebecois had been questioning values such as high birth rate and early marriages -Accelerated these changing social values |
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Official Languages Act |
-1969 -French and English considered official languages -1. Federal Government services had to be both languages -2. Laws published in both languages -3. Both used in education -4. Products had to be labelled in English and French |
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FLQ |
-Radical group whose goal was to achieve Quebec independence by any measures, including violence |
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October Crisis |
-FLQ actions prompted the crisis -October 15: Over 6000 troops were stationed in Montreal -October 16: Robert Bourassa's government declared a state of insurrection -Trudeau invoked War Measures Act |
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Sovereignty Association |
-Idea that Quebec maintains economic ties with Canada, but is independent in other respects -Basis for the breakup of Canada's nation |
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War Measures Act |
-Suspended rights and freedoms of all Canadians -Invoked by Trudeau |
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PQ |
-Parti Quebecois -Political party that supported sovereignty for Quebec -Led by Rene Levesque |
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BQ |
-Bloc Quebecois -Led by Lucien Bouchard -Won 54 seats |
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Referendum |
-Yes or no answer to a question -1980 Referendum, 1995 Referendum -Voted whether or not to negotiate the sovereignty association with the federal government |
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Meech Lake Accord |
-Anglophones should never recognize Canada's nation as two founding cultures -Rejected because Aboriginals felt their land and rights were ignored |
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Charlottetown Accord |
-English thought Quebec was given too much power while Quebec thought it wasn't enough -Rejected |
