Chapter 8 Confederation

The 4 original provinces that joined together to form Confederation were Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Ontario

• True

• False

The Maritime colonies feared they would lose their identities if they joined Confederation.

• True

• False

Instead of forming Confederation, most colonies hoped for annexation by the Americans.

• True

• False

One of the main reasons that colonies decided to join Confederation was because it would help them economically.

• True

• False

It was at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 that the British North America Act was written and adopted.

• True

• False

In what year did Newfoundland join Confederation?

• 1864

• 1929

• 1894

• 1949

Confederation originally acknowledged two founding nations.

• the British and the Americans

• the English and the French

• the French and the British

• the English and the Brtish

Many in the Maritime provinces did not want to join Confederation because they

• did not want to lose their independence.

• felt Canada would give their land to the First Nations.

• knew their taxes would increase.

• did not need a railway or money to build better roads.

It was at the ________________ that it was first proposed that the colonies of British North America unite into one political unit.

• Confederation

• constitution

• annexation

• Charlottetown Conference

On _____________in 1873 PEI joined Confederation

• the annexation

• the constitution

• Dominion Day

• Canada Day