The Canadian Confederetion

The dominion of Canada was born out of

• a revolution

• a series of conferences

• a war

• an outsburst of nationalism

The Union of the (a)   North American Colonies, New Brunswickm Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec was the first step to a nation-building exercise

John Cabot was sponsored by ... in 1497-1498

• Henry VII

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

Jacques Cartier (French) reached the area of---

• Nueva Scotia

• New England

• Newfoundland

Champlain founded the first permanent French colony in America, ...

• Montreal

• Quebec

• Ontario

By the very beginning of the ... century, both France and England have already set permanent colonies on North America.

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Answer explanation

The English in the 1707 and the Frenc in the 1608

There were constant struggles between the English and the French for the control of North Am (today Canada). This was the 7 years war that took place between

• 1758-1765

• 1766-1773

• 1756-1763

In---, the Treaty of Paris was signed to put an end to the war and "New France" the territories of the French in North America were ceded to the British.

• 1763

• 1765

• 1767

The Quebec Act was passed by ____ to prevent Quebec joining the 13 colonies and demanding independence.

• England

• France

Answer explanation

Refer to the Intolerable Acts (1774)

This law promised the French Canadian

• freedom of worship according to the Catholic Church

• keep the Old French Civil Law

• keep the seigneurial land holding system

• All of them are correct

Answer explanation

The boundaries were considerably enlarged and they could hold offices without taking anti-catholic oaths as in the mother country.