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Quebec Act
This act was created for emancipation for the Catholic, French-speaking settlers of the province. The act repealed the loyalty oath and reinstated French civil law in combination with British criminal law. -
Loyalists
These were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American revolution from 1775-1783. there was between 15 and 20 percent of the white population of the colonies or about 500,000 people, and they settled in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Quebec and Ontario -
Peter Pond
He sparked a revolution in the Canadian fur trade, he left Sturgeon Fort on a journey to open direct trade with Aboriginal people in the fur-rich Athabasca country. -
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
He had journeys in 1789 and 1793 to the Arctic and Pacific coasts, was the first European to cross the continent north of Mexico. His ideas for reorganizing the fur trade were rejected at the time too. The Mackenzie River was found and named after him too -
David Thompson
Was an explorer and surveyor and known as one of the best pioneering geographers in Canadian history. During his career, he mapped almost half of North America between the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes all the way to the Pacific coast. -
Simon Fraser
was one of the earliest European explorers to travel the interior of what is now British Columbia, and was the first to build a European settlement there. and in 1808 became the first to descend the Fraser River, and obviously have it named after him too. -
Selkirk Settlers
Was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, on 300,000 square kilometers of land in British North America. The land was given to Douglas by the Hudson's Bay Company in the Selkirk Concession. -
Battle of Queenston Heights
The British army and Canadian militia, and First Nations allies, defeated an invading American army on the Niagara Escarpment by the village of Queenston. -
Isaac Brock and Tecumseh
Isaac Brock met with native warriors, including Tecumsah, to gain alliance and fight Americans, the battle would determine the future for upper Canada, brock died during the invasion too, and was called the hero of upper Canada -
George Etienne Cartier
He was Canadas first minister of militia and defense, and was responsible for bringing French Canada, Manitoba, and British Columbia into the dominion -
Fraser River Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in the Fraser River, and in the spring of 1858, there was around 30000 people flooded the banks of the river searching for gold -
Charlottetown Conference
Meetings that brought together influential political leaders of British North America and laid groundwork for Canadian Confederation. The meeting included members from east Canada, George-Etienne Cartier, Etienne Paschal Taché. from west Canada included George Brown and John A. MacDonald. -
Confederation
British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, new Brunswick and the province of Canada formed together to create dominion of Canada -
Sir John A. Macdonald
He was Canada's first prime minister and was great for building and guiding a successful nation and was a dominant figure for Canadian Confederation. He served as prime minister to 1867-1873 and 1878-1891