Social 7 Chapter 7 Study Guide
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
___1.Between 1815 and 1850, very few immigrants from Britain arrived in British North America.
____2.Britain wanted people to emigrate to its colonies in North America and provided safe travel for them to get there.
____3.British North America had colonial government. This meant that Britain had the power to appoint the people who made all decisions for the colonies.
____4.The United States established a republic because it was a democratic country and it did not want to be ruled by an hereditary monarch.
____5.The Reform Party won a majority of seats in 1834 and drew much of its support from the Loyalists.
____6.In 1841, Britain passed the Act of Union, based on the Durham Report, because it no longer wanted the Canadiens to assimilate.
____7.The Mississauga people could no longer move through their lands from summer to winter so they decided to move to land offered them by the Haudenosaunee people at Grand River.
____8.In the 1820s, the population in Lower Canada was higher than in Upper Canada. By the 1850s, Upper Canada’s population was higher because of large numbers of British immigrants.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____9.A person who intends to establish a home and citizenship in a country that is not their native country is called a(n)
immigrant / visitornative / colonist
____10.Which of the following truly had the ability to make decisions and held the real power in British North America?
Britain / councilsgovernor of colony / voters
____11.What type of government did British North America have?
democratic / colonialrepublican / majority
____12.Four years of ______had brought hardship to Lower Canada.
cholera / illnessepidemics / crop failures
____13.The group of wealthy English Canadian families that held power in the councils was known as the ______.
Reformers / LoyalistsCanadiens / Family Compact
____14.Who of the following was responsible for Nova Scotia being the first colony in British North America to move towards a more democratic government?
Louis-Joseph Papineau / Joseph HoweWilliam Lyon Mackenzie / Alexis de Tocqueville
____15.Which of the following forced many people to leave Britain and move to North America?
Industrial Revolution / demographic changecholera epidemic / push for democracy
____16.Louis-Joseph Papineau stated “We must speak with one voice.” Which of the following was he?
American / governorfarmer / reformer
____17.Which of the following documents described Canadiens as “a people without history or literature” who should therefore be elevated from their inferiority by being assimilated into English culture?
British North America Act / Durham ReportMassey Report / all of the above
____18.The Act of Union combined Upper and Lower Canada into a single province. This province was called
Ontario / Northwest Territoriesthe Province of Canada / Canada East
____19.In which system of government do citizens elect their leaders?
republic / imperialdemocracy / theocracy
____20.In the 1820s, which of the following controlled the majority of seats in the elected assembly of Lower Canada and drew most of their support from Canadiens?
Château Clique / Family CompactEnglish merchants / Partipatriote
____21.In 1847, after seven years of careful consideration, where did the Mississauga people decide to move, after British settlers had moved onto their lands and prevented them from moving to other lands?
Mississauga / ManitoulinToronto / Britain
____22.Which of the following means an alliance among different groups?
coalition / assimilationrebellion / allegiance
____23.Which of the following was opposed by Conservative members of the assembly, because they felt it rewarded traitors?
Parti Quebecois / Act of UnionRebellion Losses Bill / Parti Action
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Completion
Complete each statement.Word list will be on the test
24.Leaders from Upper and Lower Canada wanted British North America to have a more ______form of government.
25.People left Britain and emigrated to British North America for mainly ______reasons.
26.The reformers who sought to change the government of British North America wanted complete ______to make the decisions that affected their lives.
27.The ______was appointed by Britain but had no control over the decisions or membership of the councils.
28.Three outspoken reformers emerged during the 1830s: Louis-Joseph Papineau, Joseph Howe, and ______.
29.As mentioned in the story “A Meeting in October,” there was a lot of talk around the tables of Canadien families, but not a lot of ______.
30.Mackenzie believed that the power should be taken away from the ______and put into the hands of the ordinary citizens.
31.On December 14, 1837, ______troops captured Saint-Eustache and many of the Patriote leaders had to flee to the United States.
32.The ______was based on the recommendations from the Durham Report and was used to put pressure on the Canadiens to assimilate.
33.Two reformers wanted a more democratic government but did not want a complete break from Britain. They created the ______alliance.
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MatchingPlease match the following words or terms to their correct description below.
epidemic / coexistencedemographic change / conquest
republic / traitors
Lord Elgin / tyranny
oppression / voters
____34.Despite being attacked by an angry mob, ______signed the Rebellion Losses Bill.
____35.The Act of Union was an act of ______because it was an unjust use of power.
____36.The United States’ type of government had no monarch and was democratic. This is called a ______.
____37.A large number of people moved to British North America from Britain, causing a ______.
____38.John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher who was concerned that a democratic government was the ______of the majority.
____39.______included male property owners and widows with property.
____40.The Great Migration created challenges of ______for the Canadiens, First Nations peoples, British, and Irish.
____41.New France becoming a British colony in 1763 is an example of ______.
____42.The members of the assembly who opposed the Rebellion Losses Bill felt that it rewarded ______.
____43.In 1832, British and Irish immigrants brought cholera to Québec. This created a/an ______.
Short Answer Use Complete Sentences to answer the following questions.
44. What were three reasons that people began to immigrate to Canada from the United Kingdom?
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45. Where did there exist a power struggle in the government of Upper and Lower Canada?
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46. What were three reasons that the reformers turned to rebellion in Lower Canada?
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47. Why was the fighting more violent in Lower Canada?
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48. What was the Rebellion Losses Bill?
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49. What was the reaction to Lord Elgin signing the Bill into Law?
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