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Confederation
A way to review for the Confederation Test
Question | Answer |
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The Leader of Le Parti Bleu | George Etienne Cartier |
The Editor of the Globe Newspaper | George Brown |
The system of Government formed as a result of the 1837 rebellions | Responsible Government |
The type of government created to weaken the French in the new United Province of Canada | Equal Representation |
The politician known as the Sly Fox | John A MacDonald |
He came on a Royal Tour in 1860 | Prince Edward |
The name of the Government created when Brown joined with Cartier and MacDonald | The Great Coalition |
The first Conference which allowed colonial politicians to meet and discuss the idea of joining the British North American colonies. | The Charlottetown Conference |
The conference which led to the creation of the 72 resolutions. | The Quebec Conference |
After the Civil War, these Irish Nationals tried to terrorize and invade Canada. | The Fenians |
The conference which allowed for the final stamp of approval for the new Country. | The London Conference |
The name given to the union of the British North American colonies into one entity. | Confederation |
The name Joseph Howe gave Confederation in Nova Scotia. | Botheration |
The term given to the amount of money the new federal government would give to each province yearly based on population. | Per Capita Grants |
The term given to the American belief that they should possess all of North America. | Manifest Destiny |
The belief that George Brown had related to the number of politicians each section of the united province of Canada should have | Representation by Population |
The name of the company that would build a railway across the country. | The Grand Trunk Railway |
The Capital of the United Province of Canada switched every two years between these cities because they could not vote on a permanent capital. | Toronto and Quebec City |
She softened the man of righteous principle. | Anne Nelson |
Because of the Underground Railroad, he was known as the Moses of her people. | Harriet Tubman |
The one colony that would get the smallest amount of representation once joined by Confederation | Prince Edward Island |
The Official Name of the new country born on July 1st, 1867 | The Dominion of Canada |
The name of the Irish Lodge that was both anti French and anti Catholic. | The Orange Order |
The name given to someone who was anti slavery. | Abolitionist |
Ottawa town was selected to be the capital of the new country. What was its original name. | Bytown |
The new country would have rep by pop and what two levels of government? | Federal and Provincial |
The reason why the United Province of Canada could never get anything done. | Political Deadlock |
Because of Cheap Cotton, many people in England preferred which side in the Civil War? | The South |
On the day of Canada's Birth, what provinces were a part of the new Dominion? | Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswiuck |
In Confederation, how many elected representatives were PEI going to be given | 5 members of Parliament |
What was the nickname given to ships which transported Irish to North America in the 1840's? | Coffin Ships |
The city where the headquarters of the Grand Trunk Railway was located? | Montreal |