HISTORY30 UNIT 3 (or something)

• Which group in Quebec gave the strongest support to the Quebec Act?

  Catholics
• What was the French Canadian's attitude towards the American Revolution?

  Neutral
• Who was the first superintendent of the Iroquois Nation?

  Sir William Johnson
• Who was Joseph Brant?

  1. Mohawk Chief
  2. Served with the British Army during the Seven Years War
  3. Well educated in English
  4. Interpreter between the Indian department of the British Military
  5. He would translate religious documents into the Mohawk Language
• Where did majority of the black Loyalists settle?

  Nova Scotia
• Most treaties between the British government and the Aboriginal Peoples in the early 1800's were for what purpose?


  They used to be for the purposes of trade and peace, but now they were now land transfers to provide land for the Loyalists and then for the great wave of immigration from Europe
• Who said taking Canada was a "mere matter of marching"?

  Thomas Jefferson
• Where was Isaac Brock's first victory?:

  In 1812, he put his forces to play by surprising and capturing the American garrison at Michilimackinac near the head of Lake Huron (or Fort Detroit)
• Where was the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812 fought?:

  Either Queenstown Heights on the Niagara River or Lundy's Lane
• Who was the Aboriginal ally of the British during the War of 1812?

  Tecumseh
• Who were the group of people who emerged as leaders of the Upper and Lower Canada?:

  Family Compact in Upper Canada

  Chataeu Clique in Lower Canada
• What is an Oligarchy?:


  An oligarchy makes up the govn't council but they also held the highest bureaucratic and judicial position
• Who was the leader of the rebellion in Upper Canada?:

  William Lyon Mackenzie
• Who were the Metis?


  Aboriginal and English or Scottish Origin. They are a separate nation. Descendants from the Hudson Bay Workers and traders. First was the French and the Aboriginal
• Where did Lord Sekirk est. a settlement?


  Red River Colony in Red River. (PEI now Manitoba, North Dakota and Minnesota, just in case though)
• Who were the Warhawks?


  Warhawks were a group of aggressive American Nationalists and wanted war with Canada in order to acquire more land and to avenge national honour over issues from the previous war
• What legislation did the British repeal in 1846 in order to adapt free trade?

  Corn Laws
• What did the Act of Union of 1841 state?

  1. What had been two colonies became one Canada, now designated Canada East and Canada West. There would be one governor, one elected assembly and one language; English
  2. In the legislature of the colony, French and English, Protestants and Catholics would have to learn to compromise and work together
• What was the name of the newspaper that George Brown published: 


  The Globe Newspaper
• Who said "I wish to live and die a British subject"?

  Joseph Howe
• What colonies attended the Charlotte Town Conference?:


  Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland
• What was the main concern at the Quebec conference?

  Strong disagreement about how power would be shared between the two levels. The question or representation both in the commons and senate. The financial terms of Confederation and the question of federal appointments took time to resolve
• At what conference were the terms for the Confederation decided upon?


  The Quebec and Charlottetown conference Delegation in London
• The constitution of Canada was called:

  The British North America Act