7 social final study guide

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what is False about the HBC?

The HBC wanted to Build a Colony called Hudson's Bay

Why did the HBC & NWC Expand West?

They Wanted to Reach More First Nations & Build More Trading Posts

Which of the Following Reasons is not why the Treaty of Paris was Important?

The Treaty Gave First Nations Land

What is the reason why the Quebec Act was Passed in 1774?

Assimilation of the French had not worked

 What was the Name of the French Fur Trade Company?

The Northwest Company

What Job Was Not Created by the Fur Trade?

Factory Workers

Definition of the word Monopoly

A Company has complete control of a single resource

Which Battle did the British Win that Gave them Ownership of New France?

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Many countries were involved in the Seven Years War?

true, nations like India, Africa, France, Britain, etc. Were involved

France settled this region which was rich in resources?

 The Ohio River Valley

Who was the Leader of Britain during the Seven Years War?

 The Ohio River Valley

 What was the name of the British Fur Trade Company?

The Hudson's Bay Company

Who Died During the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?

General Wolfe & General Montcalm

who were the voyageurs?

Metis Canoers who transported Furs from Trading Post to Post

Why Were the Acadians Deported?

They Would not Swear an Oath of Allegiance to the British

What is one of the Reasons the 13 Colonies Rebelled?

Britain was in Debt and Wanted the 13 Colonies to Help Pay

Who Travelled from the 13 Colonies to Canada during the Loyalist Migration?

* Former African Slaves
* Irish, English & Scottish People
* Women & Children

What did the British Government use to encourage Loyalists to move to colonies like Ontario?

Safety & Land

Which Side did Chief Tecumseh Support during the War of 1812?

British North America

What is the Boston Tea Party?

A protest by the Patriots in the 13 Colonies where they threw tea into a harbor

Who is Laura Secord?

A Canadian woman who spies on the Americans during the War of 1812

What are the indigenous promised during the war of 1812?

They are promised a parcel of land for the Indigenous Peoples, but the deal dies with Chief Tecumseh.

What is the result of the War of 1812 for Canada & USA?

Canada & the USA decide to mutually end the war. Both begin to focus on expanding their nations westward.

 What is the result of the war of 1812 for the Indigenous Peoples?

They do not receive their parcel of land and are gradually pushed off their remaining land by the Canadian government and the railroad.

The North-West Mounted Police 

Protect our canadian border (49th parallel) 

Gold rush – Canada wants to protect against in coming Americans 

Protect the railroad 

Who is Sir John A MacDonald? 

\-First prime minister of canada 

\-Wants to build railroag across canada  

\-He is in power for the creation of residential schools and the numbered treaties 

How has Sir John A MacDonald’s image changed over time? 

Good – first prime minister, railroad, helped build Canadas population  

Bad - residential schools, numbered treaties, etc.  

Why did Sir John A MacDonald create treaties for Indigenous groups? 

Railroad – to push indigenous people off their land to build railroad  

Assimilation – convert the indigenous peoples to Europeans ways 

Chinese Labourer’s Head Tax  

Chinese workers helped to build railroad, but their families were taxed high amounts to come into Canada. Only the chines’ had to pay this tax. 

The Railroad & Reasons for its creation 

Connect east and west canada together  

Grow population of western canada through train trans 

British Colombia – will only join confederation if the railroad is built  

Louis Riel 

* Metis lawyer 
* Father or leader of Metis – political leader 
* Manitoba and Saskatchewan are created due to him 
* Good leader – lawyer, politics, non-violent, multiple languages  
* Exiled from Canada – goes to Montana, USA 
* Louis Riel is execute for treason – Thomas Scott’s execution  

Red River Resistance 

* Surveyors from Canada come to red river – railroad 
* Metis set up provisional government and send list of demands  
* Thomas Scott is executed 
* Manitoba is created  
* Canada sends troops and riel flees to USA while Metis flee to Batoche (district of Saskatchewan)  

Manitoba Act 

Create the province of Manitoba  

What is a treaty? 

An agreement that brings about peace or strikes a deal 

Peace – treaty of Ghent – ends war of 1812 

Deal – Manitoba act – creates Manitoba  

Northwest Resistance 

* Surveyors coming from Canada to coming from Canada to Batoche – railroad 
* Metis send for louis riel – provisional government and send list of demands  
* Canada sends troops – Metis winning the battle of duck lack but ultimately losing to the Canadians  
* Saskatchewan is created  
* Louis Riel is executed for treason – Thomas Scott execution 

The purchase of Rupert’s Land and its influence on Manitoba and Saskatchewan provinces joining Canada 

* Saskatchewan provinces joining Canada 
* Ruperts land becomes northwest territories – Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Colombia, Nunavut, NW territories, and Yukon 
* Selling Rupert's land – created provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan through the Metis rebellions  

Women’s Suffrage Movement 

Woman rights – vote and become people 

WWI – woman started to take over mens roles and led to the right to vote 

Pink tea party – woman would meet to win right to be persons 

Immigration & the 1978 Immigration Act 

Goal immigration act – to stop discrimination against immigrants  

More diverse immigrants from various nations 

 Point system for immigration 

System used to rank immigrants based on age, education based on age, education, marital status, family status, skills. 

Higher score, more likely to be admitted into Canada 

Refugee status meaning 

Person fleeing from their home country due to dangerous situation 

War, discrimination, etc. 

What is a skilled worker under the Immigration Act? 

Has skills Canada wants – doctors, technology, skilled laborer's   

The conditions under which Chinese railroad laborer's lived and worked in Canada. 

Lower pay for their work 

Dangerous jobs 

Discrimination – treated, lived, etc. 

Policy of multiculturalism – created by Pierre Trudeau 

Multiculturalism 

Recognized that it had diverse peoples who various religions, cultures, traditions, languages  

How did urbanization of cities increase technology advancements? 

Factories – made it easier for technology to be built and accessed  

How did urbanization of cities affect rural/farming communities? 

Technology took away some jobs of farmers 

People lost jobs which led them to go to the cities for factory jobs 

How has Canada’s cultural population changed over time? 

Great migration – Ireland (potatoes famine), Scotland, China, etc. 

Immigration act – stop discrimination and allow more immigrants in 

What does a multicultural society mean to Canadians? 

 Diversity – freedom of religion, culture, languages 

Events in order

1. fur trade
2. seven years war
3. war of 1812
4. confederation
5. metis rebellions
6. womans win the right to vote
7. canada is multicultural