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Pre 1814 Can History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This was (and still is) a native American people of the Great Lakes region. | Iroquois Indians |
| This was (and still is) a native American group living in Canada's Northwest (present day Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, NWT) | Cree Indians |
| These Europeans arrived to make money in their relationships with First Nations Peoples. | European Traders |
| These Europeans arrived evangelize and provide social services to colonial and indigenous peoples. | European Missionaries |
| This was a major cause of death amongst Aboriginals throughout the Western Atmosphere. | Small Pox |
| Remains of their settlement (that date back 1,000 years) can be found at l'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. | the Vikings |
| First European explorer to map Canada's East Coast and to report back to the English Crown of North America's fisheries. 1497 | John Cabot |
| Between 1534 & 1542, this European explorer sailed for France and explored the St. Lawrence River. | Jacques Cartier |
| The Iroquoian word meaning "village" | Kanata |
| French explorer credited with building Canada's first permanent settlement in 1608. | Samuel de Champlain |
| What kind of economic empire did colonial leaders such as Jean Talon, Bishop Laval, and Count Frontenac build in North America that reached from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico? | French fur-trading empire. |
| What French military official responded to the English demand in 1690 to surrender Quebec with " “My only reply will be from the mouths of my cannons!”? | Count Frontenac |
| In 1492, he sailed for the Spanish Empire of Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand. | Christopher Columbus |
| This famous 1759 battle in Canadian history basically saw the end to the French Empire in the Western Hemisphere (except St. Pierre & Miquelon, Haiti) | Battle of the Plains of Abraham |
| Head of French forces in Quebec in 1759 | General Montcalm |
| Head of British forces that invaded & conquered Quebec in 1759. | General Wolfe |
| These French Canadians lived for generations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and were victim to the British expulsion of 1755. | Acadians |
| Henry Longellow titled his epic poem' with the name of this famous Acadian who longs for her missing fiance. | Evangeline |
| This law passed shortly after the British took control of Quebec granted French Canadians the right to freedom of religion, use of French Civil law and the right of Catholics to hold public office | Quebec Act of 1774 |
| In 1776, Thomas Jefferson along with other signatories, passed this unanimous document | US Declaration of Independence |
| Most famous sentence from US History? | "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with Certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." |
| Name given to people who's allegiance was primarily to the British and who escaped to Canada during and after the American Revolutionary War. Estimated at 40 000 people. | Loyalists |
| He lead thousands of Mohawk Indians to Canada during the Revolutionary War | Joseph Brant |
| Historical name given to the region of Canada that surrounds the Great Lakes and is currently part of Ontario | Upper Canada |
| Historical name given to the region of Canada that surrounds the St. Lawrence and includes Quebec & Montreal. | Lower Canada |
| Year in which slavery was abolished in the British Empire | 1833 |
| Name given to the escape route to Canada "North Star" for slaves in the United States. | Underground Railroad |
| These wars in Europe are considered one of the causes of the War of 1812 in North America. | Napoleonic Wars |
| Name given to American congressman who were eager to exert American nationalism in the form of military conflict | War Hawks |
| This Major-General captured Detroit but was later killed while defending against Americans at Queenston Heights (a battle lost by the Americans) | Sir Isaac Brock |
| Major General Robert Ross led an expedition of British troops (not Canadians!) to do this to the American foe in retaliation for destroying York (Toronto). Let's be proud of something other than this as Canadians... please. | Burning down the Whitehouse |
| This treaty, signed in Belgium, marked the official diplomatic end to the War of 1812 | Ghent (Treaty of Ghent) |
| Name of the General that lead the Americans in the Battle of New Orleans that was won against the British (unknowingly after the war had ended) | Andrew Jackson (he's on the American $20) |
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