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Socials Studies
Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tariffs | money paid for goods coming into canada |
| Reform | to make charge through laws |
| Rebellion | to make charge through violence |
| Radicals | want fast change willing to use violence |
| Moderates | willing to accept slow change/no violence |
| Assembly | elected representatives |
| Bill | proposals ideas for laws |
| Government | ruling group of poeple |
| Executive Council | both appointed by governor |
| Legislative Council | both appointed by governor |
| Family Compact | ruling people Upper Canada > Scottish/English |
| Clergy Reserves | land given to Anglican Church 1/7 |
| Chateau Clique | ruling class Lower Canada |
| Patriots | rebels class Lower Canada |
| 92 Resolutions | 1st Set > Part BNA Act |
| Angleicans | Protestant Church Upper Canada/Crown Reserves land given to Governor 1/7 |
| Secret Ballot | no one knows your vote |
| Responsible Government | elected by the people/power > vote |
| Durham Report | joined Upper Lower Canada/Responsible Government |
| Act of Union | 1848 Upper/Lower Canada joined Dominion Canada |
| Confederation | 1867 Maritimes/Canada |
| US Civil War | 1860-1865 North/South fought over slavery |
| Manifest Destiny | American Belief rule all North America |
| Annexatiion | fear Americans make us join them |
| Fenians | Irish American Civil War Soldiers/attacked Canada/Britain out of Ireland |
| Tariff | tax at the border to protect product |
| Reciprocity Treaty | U.S Canada no tariffs cancelled |
| Boom and Bust | economic cycle |
| Deadlock | 2 groups will not agree/equally balanced |
| Rep by Pop | equal |
| Representation by Population | 100,000 people for every 1 memebr of parliamnet |
| Coalition | join of 2 parties to form a government |
| Conservations | want no change rich |
| Majority Party | enough members in parliament to form government |
| 72 Resolutions | Charlottetown Conference ideas for country |
| BNA Act | British North America Act formed Canada |
| Anti-Confederation | wanted no part of Canada |
| Subsidy | government pays money to support business |
| Federal Unions | more power in capital or federal government |
| Hudson's Bay Caompany | London fur trading company |
| Rupert's Land | all land rivers flowing into Hudson Bay |
| Charter | gives right to trade monopoly |
| Pemmican | dried buffalo meat mixed with fat berries grain |
| York Factory | centre of HBC trading |
| North West Company | Montreal fur trading company |
| Metis | European Fur Trader/Fathers first Nations mothers/distinct race |
| 54-40 or Fight | Americans wanted 1/2 BC Polk willing to fight |
| Gold Rush | 1) Fraser 2) Caribou 3) Yukon |
| Panning | swirling gravel around pan gold goes to bottom |
| Rocking | large amounts gravel through trough |
| Bakerville | centre caribou gold rush/Williams Creek |
| Caribou Road | built by Royal Engineers |
| New Westminister | first Capital of BC |
| Victoria | city capitol BC/HBC Fort |
| Rupert's Land Act | All land with Rivers flowing into Hudson Bay |
| Red River | Valley Selkirk settlement/Assiniboine Red River meet |
| Fort Garry | Main Manitoba Fort/Riel took it over controlling |
| Provisional Government | Riel's government between HBC/Canada land |
| Metis Bill of Rights (French/English) | became part of Manitoba Act Riel |
| Manitoba Act (Catholic Protestant) | created province equally for all Canadians |
| Pacific Scandal | Allen bribed CPR/Macdonald lost election |
| National Policy (promised) | tariffs, immigration, Railroad got re-elected |
| CPR(pacific) | first intercontinental Canadian Railroad |
| Monopoly | right to trade one product exclusively |
| Trestle | Railway bridge through mountains BC |
| Craigellachie | last spike/Donald Smith/CPR |
| NWMP (RCMP) | North West Mounted Police/took control west traders |
| Fort Whoop-Up | center Whiskey American Wolfers |
| Cypress Hills | Massacre Nakoota First Nations |
| Treaties | agreements to trade first Nations land for Rights |
| Reserves | land set aside during treaties |
| Treason | acting against government/death |
| Homestead Act | gave 160 acres to settlers free |
| Quarter Section | 1 year/house, clear, land, plant |
| Sod House | built from grass bricks |
| Bonanza Creek | mast gold taken from one place |
| Chilkoot Pass | nigh mountains pass led to Dawson Creek |
| Alberta Saskatchewan | 1905 became provinces |
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