Canada History and Confederation Flashcards
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Which province was the LAST to join Canadian Confederation?
Answer: Newfoundland
Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, making it the last province to enter.
What was the name of the 1864 conference that first proposed Canadian Confederation?
Answer: Charlottetown Conference
The Charlottetown Conference in September 1864 was the first formal meeting to discuss uniting the British North American colonies.
Which Indigenous peoples signed Treaty 7 in 1877, covering southern Alberta?
Answer: Blackfoot Confederacy and Stoney Nakoda
Treaty 7 was signed by the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), Stoney Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina nations.
What role did the Hudson's Bay Company play in Canadian history before 1870?
Answer: It governed and controlled the vast territory called Rupert's Land
The Hudson's Bay Company held a royal charter granting it control over Rupert's Land — the vast drainage basin of Hudson Bay — until Canada purchased it in 1870.
What sparked the North-West Resistance of 1885?
Answer: Métis and Indigenous peoples protesting land rights and cultural survival
The resistance, led by Louis Riel, arose because Métis and Indigenous peoples in the North-West Territories feared losing their lands and way of life.
Which act formally gave Canada control over its own constitution in 1982?
Answer: The Constitution Act, 1982
The Constitution Act, 1982 patriated Canada's constitution from Britain and included the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Which term describes the French-speaking majority region of Quebec and the political movement seeking to protect its distinct culture?
Answer: La Révolution Tranquille
The Quiet Revolution (La Révolution Tranquille) of the 1960s was a period of rapid social, political, and cultural change in Quebec that modernized the province and strengthened Quebec nationalism.