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| agriculture | Early First Nation societies like the Huron enjoyed population growth due to the development of this food growing practice. |
| 1759 | Britain defeated France at the Plains of Abraham in this year. |
| ThePelican | The name of d'Iberville's flagship during the Battle of Hudson Bay in which he defeated a much larger English force during the Colonial Wars. |
| Cabot | This European (non-Viking) explorer was the first to see Newfoundland. |
| Columbus | Discoverer of Jamaica. |
| 1820 to 1840 | The Colonial Period |
| War of 1812 | Americans invaded Canada in an attempt to conquer it but failed. |
| 1774 | The year the Quebec Act was passed. |
| Removal of the French threat. | Reason why the Americans felt comfortable enough to launch their revolution against England. |
| Ganiengehaka | The Huron nicknamed this tribe "eaters of men." |
| Shawnee | Tecumseh's tribe. |
| Governor General | Most powerful political office in British North America (1848). |
| Upper Canada | Canada West |
| Lower Canada | Canada East |
| 1791 | The year the Constitution Act was passed. |
| To limit the growth of democracy in Canada. | The British purposely limited the power of the elected assemblies in Upper and Lower Canada. |
| Loyalists | People who remained "loyal" to the British king during the American Revolution. |
| George III | English king during the Seven Years' War, American Revolution and the War of 1812. |
| matriarchal | The Iroquois had a female dominated society. |
| republican | A person who wanted to break away from England during the American Revolution. |
| Iroquois | The Six Nations. |
| Simcoe | The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. |
| Haldimand | Governor General immediately following Carleton. |
| Murray | The first English Governor General of Quebec. |
| Carleton | Second Governor General of Quebec; leader of British forces in British North America during the American Revolution. |
| Battle of Oriskany | The Mowhawk and Butler's Rangers completely decimated the Americans during this battle on the frontier early during the American Revolution. |
| Battle of Saint-Foy | A repeat of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (except with the roles reversed). |
| Battle of Fort Necessity | George Washington's Virginian army was defeated at this frontier battle during the Seven Years' War. |
| Battle of York | Lord Cornwallis was decisively defeated during this battle near the end of the American Revolution. |
| Slave Act | Simcoe passed this act putting an end to slavery in Canada. |
| Quartering Act | This act of government by the British forced the Thirteen Colonies to pay for the expense of housing and feeding British occupying troops. |
| Quebec Act | This act was the greatest insult to America's honor because of its religious and language provisions. |
| Jesuits | The Black Robes. |
| Legislative Council | The appointed council in charge of creating laws. |
| Executive Council | Appointed council in charge of enforcing laws during the colonial government period (1820-1840). |
| Governor General | This person had more power in British North America than even the king of England had back in Britain. |
| Kondiaronk | A Huron chief known as the "rat" because he would not be manipulated by the French. |
| Donnacona | An Iroquoian chief kidnapped by Cartier and taken back to France where he died due to tuberculosis. |
| Dekenwanadah | Father of the Iroquoian Confederation; bringer of the Great Peace. |
| Joseph Brant | An Iroquian chief who felt at home with both Mohawk and English people. |
| William Pitt | English prime minister during the Seven Years' War period. |
| James Wolfe | This English officer led the attack on Quebec City during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. |
| Montcalm | The French commander of Quebec's armies during the Seven Years' War. |
| Algonquin | The word Canada is derived from the word "kanata" which is from this language group. |
| Greene | American general who defeated Cornwallis at York. |
| Butler | Leader of a group of "rangers" or "loyalists" who launched a series of guerilla war campaigns against American Republicans during the Revolutionary War. |
| Treaty of Paris | Treaty ending the American Revolution (1783). |
| Treaty of Paris | Treaty ending the Seven Years' War (1763). |
| 1776-1783 | American Revolution |
| 1755-1763 | Seven Years' War. |
| 1812-1815 | War of 1812. |
| 1837-1838. | Years of the Canadian Rebellions. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | The system of government Great Britain had in place in 1848. |
| Lachine | A French village attacked and destroyed by the Iroquois during the Colonial Wars period. |
| Henry IV | French king who sponsored the creation of the "100 Associates" to help encourage settlement of Quebec. |
| Champlain | Founder of Quebec City. |
| Huron | French First Nation ally. |
| Iroquois | British First Nation ally. |
| Beothuk | First Nations group that was hunted to extinction by the British in Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| Port Royal | A French community located on the Bay of Fundy; west coast of Acadia. |
| New Brunswick | A new English colony created for Loyalists in the Maritimes out of Nova Scotia. |
| cod fish | The first resource that encouraged Europeans to settle in the Maritimes and Canada. |
| fur trade | The second resource that encouraged people to invest and settle in Quebec. |
| 1689-1763 | The Colonial Wars. |
| Annapolis Royal | The English name for what was previously known as Port Royale. |
| St. John | A community in New Brunswick established on a river. |
| St. John's | The capital of Newfoundland. |
| General Montgomery | American general killed during the suicidal winter night attack (1775). |
| 1763 | Royal Proclamation passed granting French of Quebec freedom of religion and language protection. |
| Edict of Nantes | Henry IV of France announced this edict making freedom of religion official in France and ending the French Wars of Religion. |
| Fort Louisbourg | The largest French military installation during the Colonail Wars period. |
| Jeffrey Amherst | English officer that was overall in charge of English forces during the Siege of Louisbourg during the Seven Years' War. |
| William Phips | An English-American general who was defeated by the arrival of winter during the 1st colonial war. |
| Governor Drucor | The defending leader of Fort Louisbourg who tried to buy time for Quebec City by stalling the English. |
| Beauport | During the Seven Years' War the English tried to land at this beach just below the walls of Quebec City. |
| It was democratic in name but in reality was aristocratic | Why was the colonial government system a major contradiction? |
| representative democracy | What is the name given to describe the form of government where people elect other people to represent them in a free-decision making forum like a parliament? |
| United Empire Loyalists | These people wanted to maintain a close tie with Great Britain. |
| Thirteen Colonies | Original name of the United States prior to the Revolutionary War (1776-1783). |
| First Continental Congress | This political decision-making body was established by the Americans in 1774 to approach England and petition them for more rights and representation. |
| Second Continental Congress | The political decision-making body of the Americans that ordered the creation of a Continental Army, the appointment of General George Washington as commander, and the ultimate representatives of the people of the Thirteen Colonies. |
| Continental Army | The name of the American Army during the Revolutionary War. |
| Colonel Arnold | This American colonel led the failed "long march" attack against Quebec City; he was also a traitor to the American cause. |
| Maritimes | Black Loyalists settled primarily in this region of British North America. |
| Revolution | A complete change in government, world-view, and value system. |
| Fort St. Jean | This fort fell to the Americans during the Revolutionary War just before they captured Montreal. |
| French | Prior to 1763 the American feared this group the most. |
| Tecumseh | This Shawnee war captain tried to establish a pan-Indian Confederacy to oppose the westward expansion of the Americans. |
| oligarchy | "Rule by the few." |
| Family Compact | The nickname that Mackenzie gave to the aristocracy of Upper Canada in the 1830s. |
| Chateau Clique | The nick name given the French aristocracy of Lower Canada in the 1830s. |
| 1849 | Canada receives "responsible government." |
| Responsible Government | A representative system of government where leaders can be removed (or held "responsible") for their performance. |
| Lord Durham | This man wrote the famous report entitled Report on the Affairs of British North America; he was Canada's official first all-powerful Governor General. |
| Bond Head | Governor General during the time of the Canadian rebellions. |
| United Province of Canada | The Act of Union combined Upper and Lower Canada into a single province called this; this act made it so that there was only one assembly that the English and French had to share. |
| Declaration of Independence | The announcement/publishing of this by the Americans was the official start of the Aemrica's independence. |
| Queenston Heights | Location of Isaac Brock's death. |
| Crysler's Farm | Battle in which both Americans and British claim victory. |
| pan-Indian Confederacy | Established by Tecumseh. An attempt to unite all remaining free Indian nations into an alliance to oppose the Americans. |
| Rebellion Losses Bill | The first test as to whether responsible government had at last arrived was during the Rebellion Losses Bill crisis. The majority of representatives in the House of Assembly voted in favor of compensating French people who'd had property destroyed during the 1837 Rebellion. Some English opposed it. Lord Elgin (Governor General) gave the bill "royal assent." |
| bloc voting | The tendency of members of a visible ethnic group, i.e. French or English, etc. to vote together as a "bloc" |
| Treaty of Fort Wayne | The final treaty signed between Americans and Native Americans before the United States undertook its campaign of expanding westward through genocidal war. |
| ethnicity | According to Lord Durham this was the main reason why a rebellion broke out in Lower Canada. |
| Papineau | An important pre-Lower Canadian Rebellion political leader. |
| Nelson | An Irish military leader for the French during the Lower Canadian Rebellion. |
| Chenier | A well-respected French Canadian fighter during the Lower Canadian Rebellion. |
| Act of Union | This act was passed in 1840 and united Upper and Lower Canada into one province. |
| Toronto Manifesto | A declaration of Upper Canada's independence from Great Britain. |
| Montgomery's Tavern | The final battle during the Upper Canadian Rebellion took place at this tavern. |
| impressment | The practice of forcing or "pressing" people from other countries to serve in your navy. |
| Joseph Howe | An moderate reform-minded journalist and politician from Nova Scotia. |
| central government | The federal level political decision-making body of a country. |
| individualism | An approach to political and social policy emphasizing the importance of the individual as opposed to the group. |
| Parti Rogue | The political party which eventually formed into the modern day Liberal Party of Canada. |
| homogenous | All of the same or similar kind of nature. |
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