Chapter 1

The legislative assembly created by the Act of Union had an equal number of representatives from Upper and Lower Canada, even though

• There was a higher population in Upper Canada

• There was a higher population in Lower Canada

• There was no elected governor general

• There was a democratic system in place already

an executive or Cabinet that depends on the support of an elected assembly, rather than a monarch or their representatives.

• Reintegrated Government

• Democratic Government

• Responsible Government

• Religious Government

The Queen's representative in Canada is the

• Governor Director

• Governor General

• Queen's Associate

• Queen's Undertaker

In 1846, the United Kingdom abandoned _______________ which made it more difficult for the province of Canada to trade with its mother country

• Free Trade

• Reciprocity

• NAFTA

• Protectionism

The Reciprocity Treaty was signed between the province of Canada and

• The United States

• The Hudson's Bay Company

• Great Britain

• New Brunswick

When the Reciprocity Treaty ended in 1866, Canada was forced to do more commerce with

• The US

• Great Britain

• Mexico

• its own provinces

True for false: ministerial responsibility is achieved when the executive council is appointed by the executive assembly, who is elected by the electorate.

• True

• False

What allowed Canada to take land occupied in the West by Indigenous peoples? In consequence, these Indigenous peoples had to relocated into reserves.

• TRC

• Residential Schools

• Indian Act (number treaties)

• White Paper

Between 1854 and 1864, the province of Canada was in a political deadlock and could not get anything done politically, which led to the creation of

• The Reciprocity Treaty

• The Statute of Westminster

• The Treaty if Versailles

• The Great Coalition

Which of the following men did not take part in the creation of The Great Coalition

• Wildfred Laurier

• George Etienne Cartier

• John A Macdonald

• George Brown