Z Drive in the Shadow of the Rockies

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Chapter 5 Grade 7 Name:

Read pg. 140-146

Z drive in the shadow of the Rockies

War and British Conquest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=jA-8H0XSSEE&feature=endscreen

1.  Why did France and Britain compete to control Acadia? ______

2.  What First Nations group occupied Acadia? ______

3.  What did the French drain to farm? ______

4.  French had settlements in Acadia since? ______

5.  Britain took control of Acadia in ______by winning the “War of the ______”

6.  What treaty set out the terms for the British acquisition of Acadia? ______

7.  What is colonization? ______

8.  What year did France build the huge fort of Louisbourg (Cape Breton Island)? ______

9.  In response to the French fort at Louisbourg, Britain built a military base in 1749 in what city? ______

10.  What is an aboiteau? ______

11.  What is la digue? ______

12.  The Acadians lived in a conflict zone between Britain and France, which pressured them to choose sides. How could the Acadians have responded to those pressures? ______

13.  What options lay open to them? ______

14.  Predict some outcomes for the Acadians based on the choices you identify. ______

15.  What was the result of the Treaty of Paris? ______

Read pg. 148-154

The Great Deportation

View video 6 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnpW5IVyWtU

1.  What was the great deportation? ______

2.  What is Lieutenant-Colonel John Winslow’s perspective on the order to deport Acadians? ______

3.  What words suggest he disagrees with the order? ______

4.  Why do you think he followed these orders? ______

5.  What aspects of his identity may have factored into his decision? ______

6.  What were Britain’s reasons for the Great Deportation (page 152)? ______

7.  What is a prejudice? ______

8.  Define the following:

1. Maritimes ______
2. Officially Bilingual ______
3. Genocide ______
4. Ethnic Cleansing ______

9.  In what way does apologizing for the past reflect an idea of citizenship in the present? ______

10.  The Queen of England has apologized for many events in the colonial history of Britain, including the colonization of New Zealand during the 1800s and the Amritsar massacre in India in 1919. In your opinion, should there be a time limit on responsibility for the past? Why or why not? ______

Read pg. 155-157

The British Conquest of North America

View video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdEFJ4B_BFw 6min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWUbQWjRsiQ Seven Years’ War 5min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgU7K_qGB24&feature=related Part 1 Bhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4eVwzZ9a_A Battle of the Plains of Abraham pt 2 10min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtxmbrBfoLU&feature=related Pontiac & Saint Foy

1.  When did the Seven Years’ War begin and end? ______

2.  What treaty ended the Seven Years’ War? ______

3.  Did the First Nations people of Canada believe they were a part of agreements of this Treaty? Why or why not? ______

4.  What did France give up due to this treaty? ______

5.  When was the Battle of the Plains of Abraham? ______

6.  Who won the Battle of Sainte-Foy before the supply ships came in? ______

7.  Why are both battles well know among the Francophone Canadians but not the Anglophone Canadians? ______

Read pg. 158-162

Britain’s Victory: Change and Challenges

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJd4lKYlpRs Queens and Kings of Britian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzR74rpGofA Born to Rule Song

1.  What guarantees in the treaty of Paris did France negotiate with Britain? ______

2.  Look at the words of Minweweh. How does he see the relationship of his people to the French and the British? ______

3.  Vaudreuil was the first and only governor of New France born in the colony. How might this have influenced his sensitivity to the plight of the Canadiens? ______

Read pg. 163-168

How did Britain establish control?

Quebec Act Video 2 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbYGo9FQng8

1.  The Royal Proclamation of 1763 aimed to assimilate the Canadiens by what 4 things? ______

2.  How did the Proclamation of 1763 aim to make peace with the First Nations? ______

3.  What did the Quebec Act give the Canadiens:

1. French l______would be maintained
2. Canadien c______maintained
3. Allowed to practice C______faith
4. Allowed to hold g______positions (only if they took an oath of l______to Britain)
5. Extended the boundaries of Q______(without asking the first nations for permission)

4.  Define the following:

1. Elected Assembly ______
2. Tithes ______
3. Bicultural ______
4. Assimilate ______

5.  Turn to page 165 and complete question #1 below.

Comment # / What part of the map on page 164 would these comments come from?
Comment #1
Comment #2
Comment #3

6.  In the coming conflict with the Thirteen Colonies, Britain had decided to encourage its Canadien subjects to become allies. Why? ______

7.  Suppose Britain has asked you to explain this decision to British merchants who have recently moved to Montreal from the 13 colonies. Why is the Quebec Act a good strategy, from the point of view of Britain? ______

Many people consider the Quebec Act of 1774 an important step in the evolution of Canadian society. Canada today, for example, recognizes English and French as official languages. How did the Quebec Act contribute to that, in your opinion? ______

Chapter 5 Review

True/False

Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. If False please correct the statement for an extra mark.

____ 1. The struggle to control North America had two main geographic divisions. The struggle focused partly on the ______coast, where Britain and France had trade routes, and partly in the ______, where the best fur country lay.

____ 2. ______eventually won the struggle to control all of North America.

____ 3. Acadia formed part of the ______homeland.

____ 4. The Mi’kmaq fought ______colonization of their homeland for almost 40 years because the ______were known to push First Nations peoples off their land.

____ 5. A______was a centre of conflict between France and Britain because it was an area where supply ships and military ships passed.

____ 6. The Treaty of U______gave ______control of Acadia in 1713.

____ 7. In 1749, most of Acadia was considered to be ______territory.

____ 8. The British forced the Acadians to leave Acadia because they refused to take an Oath of A______to Britain.

____ 9. The Treaty of Paris, which was signed in 17____, gave the British control of all of North America, except 2 small islands off the coast of NFLD called ______.

____ 10. By 1763, France claimed only a small portion of North America, what is now part of Newfoundland and the two islands mentioned above and also what island in the Caribbean? ______.

Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 11. Which of the following is not part of the Québec Act, which was passed in 1774?

a. / Québec had complete religious freedom to be either Catholic or Protestant.
b. / The boundaries of Québec were extended beyond the proclamation line.
c. / Canadiens could hold government positions without having to take an oath of loyalty.
d. / French civil law was reinstated.

____ 12. In 1755, the British required which oath from the Acadians?

a. / oath of allegiance / c. / oath of assimilation
b. / oath of neutrality / d. / oath of religious freedom

____ 13. Cajun is a short way of saying ______.

a. / British / c. / Haudenosaunee
b. / Acadian / d. / French

____ 14. Maritimes refers to all but one of the following provinces. Which province is not a maritime province?

a. / Nova Scotia / c. / Prince Edward Island
b. / New Brunswick / d. / Newfoundland

____ 15. The Acadians built “digues,” which were ______.

a. / salt marshes
b. / barriers to separate land from water
c. / crops of wheat, oat, barley, corn, and hemp
d. / crops of swamp grass used to feed horses, cows, and oxen

____ 16. The Mi’kmaq called their homeland ______.

a. / Mi’kma’ki / c. / Anishinabe Nation
b. / Acadia / d. / Thirteen Colonies

____ 17. The Great Deportation affected the Mi’kmaq people because they had a history of alliance, friendship, and ______with the Acadians.

a. / neutrality / c. / settlements
b. / protection / d. / intermarriage

____ 18. The removal of the Acadians by the British is an example of ______.

a. / alliance / c. / assimilation
b. / genocide / d. / colonization

____ 19. Britain took control of Acadia through which treaty?

a. / Treaty of Paris / c. / Treaty of Louisbourg
b. / Treaty of Royal Proclamation / d. / Treaty of Utrecht

____ 20. ______was a leader of the Odawa Nation who organized an alliance of First Nations to oppose Britain’s takeover.

a. / Pontiac / c. / Minweweh
b. / Noondam / d. / Vaudreuil

____ 21. Which of the following factors contributed to Britain’s decision to deport the Acadians?

a. / The Acadians did not live up to their oath of neutrality.
b. / The British settlers outnumbered the French settlers two to one.
c. / The British assumed they could not trust the Acadians, because they were French.
d. / Even though the Acadians had lived under British rule for more than 40 years, they were unruly and were unable to live peacefully.

____ 22. Fort Louisbourg was built on what is today ______?

a. / Halifax / c. / Belleisle
b. / Cape Breton Island / d. / Grand Pré

____ 23. In December 2003, Queen Elizabeth II apologized for the ______brought about by the deportation of the Acadians in 1755.

a. / ethnic cleansing / c. / humiliation
b. / colonization / d. / tithes

____ 24. Under the Treaty of Paris, France kept the colony of ______.

a. / Québec / c. / Abraham
b. / New France / d. / Guadeloupe

____ 25. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 made it clear that Britain expected the Canadiens to ______.

a. / leave / c. / coexist
b. / assimilate / d. / pay tithes

Completion

Complete each sentence or statement.

26. For France and Britain, Acadia represented a base for attacking each other, and for ______their own colonies and trade routes.

27. ______was “French” but France had never fought the Mi’kmaq or asked for their surrender in any way.

28. The process of one country establishing domination over a territory in another country is called ______.

29. ______was the capital and military stronghold of New France.

30. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham has been considered a ______battle.

31. ______had hoped that France would try to recover New France instead of Guadeloupe in the Treaty of Paris.

32. According to the Royal Proclamation, the Province of Québec would establish a British-style government similar to the governments in the ______.

33. Québec became a ______in 1774 when Britain passed the Québec Act.

34. The Seven Years’ War ended with the Treaty of ______.

35. The story of Pontiac is told from a ______perspective.

Matching

Please match the following words or terms to their correct description below.

a. / Mi’kmaq / f. / British
b. / consequences / g. / Creation
c. / coexistence / h. / Pontiac
d. / Acadians / i. / compromise
e. / deported / j. / The Great Deportation

____ 36. One of the challenges that the French, British, and First Nations peoples faced was ______.

____ 37. Britain eventually won the struggle to gain control of North America. This had important ______for the people already living there.

____ 38. ______is an example from Canada’s past that shows how conflict can draw out prejudices toward other people.

____ 39. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham ended because it was the ______who arrived first with more supplies and troops.

____ 40. The Cajun communities in the United States became established when Britain ______the Acadians.

____ 41. ______organized opposition to the British, which eventually led to an agreement in which the British acknowledged that their defeat of France did not give them rights to First Nations land.

____ 42. The ______war against Britain was the longest war against colonization in North America.

____ 43. The British tried to achieve a ______when they created the Royal Proclamation

____ 44. The Mi’kmaq consider the land as a part of ______, without owners.

____ 45. The ______had formed a close relationship with the Mi’kmaq.

Short Answer

46. In a paragraph, describe the relationship between the French and the Mi’kmaq. How was this relationship different than that of the British and the Haudenosaunee?

CHapter 5 Review

Answer Section

TRUE/FALSE

1. ANS: F REF: Th/G OBJ: p. 139 LOC: 7.1.5.2

2. ANS: F REF: Th/H OBJ: p. 139 LOC: 7.1.5.2

3. ANS: T REF: K/U, Th/G OBJ: p. 141 LOC: 7.1.2

4. ANS: F REF: K/U,Th/H OBJ: p. 143 LOC: 7.1.2

5. ANS: T REF: Th/G OBJ: p. 142 LOC: 7.1.5.2

6. ANS: F REF: Th/H OBJ: p. 146 LOC: 7.1.5.1, 7.1.5.2

7. ANS: F REF: Th/G, K/U OBJ: p. 146 LOC: 7.1.2

8. ANS: F REF: K/U, A OBJ: p. 148 LOC: 7.1.5.2

9. ANS: F REF: K/U, Th/H OBJ: p. 158 LOC: 7.1.1, 7.1.5.1

10. ANS: T REF: Th/H, Th/G OBJ: p. 164 LOC: 7.1.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE

11. ANS: C REF: Th/DM, K/U OBJ: p. 167

LOC: 7.1.2, 7.1.6.3

12. ANS: A REF: Th/DM, K/U OBJ: p. 148

LOC: 7.1.5.2

13. ANS: B REF: K/U OBJ: p. 148 LOC: 7.1.2

14. ANS: D REF: Th/G OBJ: p. 153 LOC: 7.1.1

15. ANS: B REF: K/U OBJ: p. 144 LOC: 7.1.2

16. ANS: A REF: K/U OBJ: p. 142 LOC: 7.1.1

17. ANS: D REF: A, Th/H OBJ: p. 149 LOC: 7.1.5.2

18. ANS: B REF: A, K/U OBJ: p. 153 LOC: 7.1.5.2

19. ANS: D REF: K/U, Th/H OBJ: p. 146 LOC: 7.1.1, 7.1.5.2

20. ANS: A REF: K/U, Th/H OBJ: p. 159 LOC: 7.1.6.1

21. ANS: C REF: A, K/U OBJ: p. 152 LOC: 7.1.5.2

22. ANS: B REF: Th/G OBJ: p. 146 LOC: 7.1.5.2

23. ANS: A REF: A OBJ: p. 154 LOC: 7.1.5.2

24. ANS: D REF: K/U, Th/G OBJ: p. 161 LOC: 7.1.1, 7.1.5.1

25. ANS: B REF: A OBJ: p. 166 LOC: 7.1.6.2

COMPLETION

26. ANS: protecting

REF: K/U OBJ: p. 141 LOC: 7.1.5.2

27. ANS: Acadia

REF: K/U, A OBJ: p. 142 LOC: 7.1.2

28. ANS: colonization

REF: A, K/U OBJ: p. 143 LOC: 7.1.2

29. ANS:

Québec

Quebec

REF: K/U, Th/G OBJ: p. 157 LOC: 7.1.5.3, 7.1.6.3