| A | B |
|---|
| intercolonial trade | trade among the BNA colonies |
| duties/tariffs | taxes on imported goods |
| external trade | trade with countries and colonies outside of British North America |
| colonial preference | giving favoured treatment to colonial trade |
| repealed | abolished |
| free trade | trade without duties or tariffs |
| Corn Laws | British laws that governed the import and export of grain; in Britain, cereal grains were called corn |
| reciprocity | an exchange of privileges or favours as a basis for relations between two countries |
| Fenians | an Irish nationalist organization founded in the U.S. that encouraged revolutionary activity to overthrow British rule in Ireland |
| exploit | to take advantage of someone or something for one’s own benefit |
| equal representation | each region has the same number of elected representatives |
| representation by population | the number of elected representatives is determined by the size of the population in the region represented |
| conference | a meeting for discussion of information or ideas |
| federal | relating to a system that has a central government as well as provincial or state governments |
| Indian | the historic term for First Nations people |
| Confederation | the union of provinces and territories forming Canada |
| act | a piece of legislation passed by parliament |
| House of Commons | the house of parliament that is elected by voters and is based on representation by population |
| Senate | the house of parliament that is appointed by the Prime Minister and is based on equal representation for various regions |
| hypothesis | an educated guess or theory that has not been proven |
| Charlottetown Conference | first Confederation Conference where the colonies met to discuss the plans for union; they agreed to meet again |
| Quebec Conference | second Confederation Conference; rules for new country government system established |
| London Conference | final Confederation Conference; BNA Act signed |
| George Brown | owned "The Globe" newspaper, pushed for representation by population |
| George-Étienne Cartier | leader of "Bleus" in Canada East, pushed for equal representation |
| John A. Macdonald | leader of Conservatives in Canada West, very good politician who led Canada into Confederation |
| Antoine-Aimé Dorion | leader of "Rouges" in Canada East, against Confederation |
| Joseph Howe | politician in Nova Scotia, called Confederation "Botheration" (didn't like it) |
| Charles Tupper | Prime Minister of Nova Scotia, lead this colony into Confederation |
| Samuel Leonard Tilley | Prime Minister of New Brunswick, led this colony into Confederation |
| Lord Carnarvon | colonial secretary who pushed for the final steps of the London Conference |
| Wilfrid Laurier | lawyer from Quebec, against Confederation, would eventually become Prime Minister of Canada |
| BNA Act | the act that made Canada independent, renamed the Constitution Act in 1982 |
| Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia | first four provinces of Canada |
| July 1, 1867 | date that Canada officially became a country |
