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history chap5
the expansi0on of settlement
Question | Answer |
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Treaties | legal documents outlining agreements between nations |
Reserves | land set aside for exclusive use by First Nations people |
Indian Status | the term that identified people for reconitions as "Indians" |
Wards of the State | people who are under the care of the government; usually children or people who are unable to be responsible for themselves |
Quarantine | to keep people in isolation from others to prevent the spread of disease |
Homesteads | lands turned over for the purpose of farming |
Navvies | labourers; it is an abbreviation of the word navigators in the old-fasioned sense of canal builder |
Guerrilla Tacticts | fighting by means of ambush and surpise attacks |