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Why did the peoples in British North America want more democratic goverment?
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They wanted more say in the goverment.
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Why is Upper Canada called "Upper" when it is geograpicly lower than "Lower"Canada?
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The flow of the St. Lawrence Upper Canada is up stream the river and Lower Canada is down down stream the river.
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Republic
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A system of goverment that does not have a monarch.
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Arms
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Weapons.
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Assimilate
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To become part of a different cultral group.
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Who were the reformers?
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Lois Joseph Papineua, William Lyon Mackenzie, and Joesph Howe.
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Define Confederation
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It was and agreement among some of the colonies of British North America to join together.
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Who was Canada's first prime minister?
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John A Mcdonald
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The war of 1812 was between what to nations?
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United States and British North America.
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Famine
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A shortage of food leading to starvation for many people.
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Unemployment
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Not having any work/No job.
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Francophone
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A person who's first language is french.
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Anglophone
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A person who's first language is english.
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Name four key confederation fathers
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John A Mcdonald, George - Eticnne, George Brown, Etienne Paschal Tache.
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Small Pox
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A disease that causes the skin to break out (pox), accompanied by a high fever.
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The first people ever too step foot on what now is today known as North America were?
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Vikings
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Colony
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A region clamied and governed by a country from another part of the world.
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Like the Haudenosaunee ,the thirteen colonies were what type of colony?
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Agricultural/Farming.
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In Debt
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To owe money
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The war against British rule was a result of?
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Britain's Debt
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Colonization
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The process of one country establishing domination over a territory in another country or region.
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Whiskey Traders
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People who traded alcohol with first nations.
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True or flase: Acadia formed a part of the Mik'maq homeland.
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True
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Immigrant
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A person intending to establish a home and citizenship in a country that is not thier native country.
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Flakes
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British stations where they dried their cod.
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Francophone Metis
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Children of French men and first nations women.
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What is a NEED?
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Something you need to surrvive stay humain. Example is water.
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What was the Great Deportation?
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The removal of thousands of Acadians from Acadia.Britain shipped them of to Thriteen Colonies and other places. It started in 1755.
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The Treaty of Utrect gave Britian control of what?
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Acadia
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Seven Years War
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A war between France and Britain over the Ohio Valley.
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Deport
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To send out of a country
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Who said this: Join us! Thorw off British Rule!
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William Hull
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What was the aim off the Quebec Act?
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To allow French and British ways of doing things (biculturalism).
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What was the proclamation of 1763?
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In 1763 the British goverment issued a royal proclamation outlinning what was to be done in Quebec.
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What year did British
troops defeat Patriote fighters at St. Charles. |
1837
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Name one key item of the Act of Union that passed in 1841?
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Made English the offical language .
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How did General James Wolfe die?
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During the The Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham.
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Fort Louisbourg was bulit on what island?
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Cape Breton.
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What year did Britian bulid Halifax?
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1749
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What year did the Acadians swear to the "Oath Of Allegiance?"
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1755
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What does Cajun mean?
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Is a short word for Acadian./It means Acadian.
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Where is the Acadian population located in Canada today?
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New Brunswick
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Castor
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The gland at the end of the beaver's tail.
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Ogimuah
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A leader in Anishinabe society.
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Heathenish
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Non -Christian
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Describe some ways how competition affected the enviroment?
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Loss of animals/Hunting. Example is beaver.
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What is a "WANT?"
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Something you want but don't need example is an xbox.
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In Economic competition "winning" means what?
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Control of wealth.
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Metis
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People with French and First Nations orgins.
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Advise
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To give advice.
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Decisive
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Difficult to bear.
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Loyalist
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People who support British rule.
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Petition
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To ask for something in a formal way.
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Lineage
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Family line/Ancestry
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Revolution
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A rapid violent change in goverment.
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Voyager
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Means traveler.
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Imunity
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The ability to fight off infection.
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Fille du roi
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"Kings Daughters"
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What event occured in the year 1608?
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Founding of Quebec.
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Durable
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Long Lasting
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Settlement
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A place where people live permenently.
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Human Rights
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Rights every person has as a human being.
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How did David George begin his life?
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As a slave in the Thriteen Colonies.
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What happened when Germen Mennonites refused to fight in the war?
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They got sent to jail and loss of property.
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What did the loyalists ask for in Quebec?
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British laws and customs.
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The war of 1812 was really a part of the what wars?
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The Napoleinc wars.
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What line of latitude established about half of Canada/Usa border?
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The 49 parallel and Great Lakes.
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Name one thing Hans Winger achieved?
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He helped establish mennonite settlements.
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