Chapter 7: The Great Migration and Democracy

A person who that moves from their home and changes citizenship in a country that is not his or hernative country is called

• a loyalist           

• an immigrant  

• a colonist  

• a visitor

Which of the following forced many people to leave Britain and move to North America?

• Industrial Revolution

• cholera epidemic

• push for democracy

• demographic change

Which of the following truly had the ability to make decisions and held the final power in British North America?

• Britain

• Voters

• Councils

• Governor of the Colony

The group of wealthy English Canadian families that that held power in the council of Upper Canada was known as the

• Reformers

• Canadiens  

• Loyalists

• Family Compact

What type of government did British North America have to begin with?

• democratic

• majority

• colonial     

• republican 

Louis-Joseph Papineau stated, “We must speak with one voice.”  Which of the following was he?

•          habitant                    

• American

• reformer

• governor    

The Act of Union combined Upper and Lower Canada into a single province called

• the Province of Canada  

• Canada East

• Northwest Territories

• Ontario

Which of the following terms describes a government system in which citizens elect their leaders?

• republic

• democracy 

• empire 

• monarchy

One example of a _________________ is when New France became a British  colony in 1763.

• epidemic

• reformer

• voters  

• conquest

Joseph Howe was a ___________________ that sought o change the rules of British North America society.

• epidemic

• conquest       

• voters      

• reformer