History Unit 1 Review

What is a Representative Government?

• A government that represents the diversity of the population

• A government that represents the equal number of men and women

• A government that represents the King of England

• A government that represents the people who voted for them

Answer explanation

The people voted in their representatives who would then be part of the Legislative Assembly.

The Assembly members actually had very little power and very few responsibilities.

They wanted control of the budget, and this led to major conflicts.

Louis-Joseph Papineau and the Parti Patriote made a list of 92 demands and sent them to Britain. These are known as the 92____________

Following the 92 Resolutions, Lord Russell gave 10 Resolutions of his own and included a "slap in the face" when he gave more power and control of the budget to...

• The Governor

• The People

• The Councils

• The Lord and Ladies

Answer explanation

This was considered a "slap in the face" since the Legislative Assembly was pushing for more control over the budget and more power in decisions.

(Draw directly on the image below)

Fill in the missing boxes in connection to a Responsible Government (1848)

in 1860, Britain adopted a free trade policy in which they no longer had to ___ from its ________ which meant there was no guaranteed source of revenue.

Answer explanation

This meant that Britain can buy from other places and meant Canada was losing a way to sell their goods.

This led to the Reciprocity Treaty between Canada and the US (1854-1864)

Work for women was limited...what areas of work were they allowed to do?

Answer explanation

-Teachers

-Factory Workers

-Domestic Servants (Maids)

- Nuns

-Farm work (if their family owned the farm especially)

Below each image, match the political leader to their party.

(Clear Grit Party, Conservative Party, Parti Bleu, Parti Rouge)

You can put the first letters of each party, example for Parti Bleu you can put P.B

Answer explanation

George Brown: Clear Grit Party

John A. Macdonald: Conservative Party

Georges Cartier: Parti Bleu

Antoine-Aime Dorion: Parti Rouge

Three of these leaders joined together for Great Coalition of 1864, aiming for a union of the British North American colonies (the start of Confederation)

Draw an X on the one who did NOT join.

Answer explanation

Parti Rouge (Antoine-Aime Dorion) did not join the Great Coalition

What was the order of the Conferences for Confederation?

• Charlottetown (1864)

  London (1864)

  Quebec (1867)

• Charlottetown (1864)

  Quebec (1864)

  London (1867)

• London (1864)

  Charlottetown (1864)

  Quebec (1867)

• Charlottetown (1864)

  Ottawa (1864)

  London (1867)

There were four provinces that became a "country" (Canada).

They were:

1. Quebec

2. Ontario

3. New Brunswick

and

4. ____________