Part 1

Why did BC and Vancouver Island Colony merge in 1866?
-Weak economy because the gold rush ended.
-In debt because of spending on infrastructure (Cariboo Wagon Road).
-Combine BC and Vancouver Island would make paying off debt easier.

2What would be the new capital of BC colony after 1866?
The new capital of BC colony was called Victoria.
3Who is Frederick Seymour and what locations bear his name today?
-Second governor of the new BC
-Opposed to confederation
-Mountain Seymour
-Seymour St Downtown Vancouver
4What role did Amor De Cosmos play in BC’s confederation and what locations bear his name today?
-Second premier of BC
-Promoted union with Canada
-Founded Confederation Conference in Yale
-Part of BC legislature
(Changed his name o “lover of the universe”, mentally insane, afraid of electricity, racist)
-An apartment building in Victoria name after him
-DeCosmos Village in Vancouver.

5What role did John Robson play in BC’s confederation and what locations bear his name today?
-Politician, businessman
-Ninth premier of BC
-Helped DeCosmos with the Yale Conference
-Robson St (Robson Sq)
-Mount Robson
-Robson Elementary (New West)

6How was Anthony Musgrave vital to BC’s confederation and what locations bear his name today?

-Seymour dies Musgrave replaces him as Governor
-Former governor of NFLD
-Pro Confederation
-Musgrave Peaks on the Coast Mountains
-Musgrave St in Victoria

Part 2

1 Explain why BC’s independence was not a viable option. BC’s economy and population has been decreasing since the gold rush ended.

2 Explain why BC remaining a British Colony was not an available option.

BC could not remain a British Colony because they did not want to pay the debts which Governor Douglas and his colony left for them.

3. Explain the argument for annexation to America.

The nearest settlement in Canada from British Columbia was miles away. The Rocky Mountains made transportation and communication difficult. Also, the mountains were a mental barrier. The Canadian Government bought most of the NorthwestTerritories from the Hudson Day Company however, transportation routes ran through the States.

4 Explain the argument for Confederation with Canada.

The reason for Confederation was that Canada was being threatened with annexation from America.

Here is a page containing the link to my presentation on Google Slides. Enjoy 🙂

Amazing Canada LINK

Existant Biomes In Each Physiographic Region:

Arctic:

-Subarctic
-Tundra

Cordillera:

-Grassland
-Parkland
-Open Woodland
-Coniferous Forest
-Coast and Interior Forest
-Tundra

Interior plains:

-Grassland
-Parkland
-Open Woodland
-Coniferous Forest
-Tundra

The Canadian Shield:

-Subarctic
-Mixed Forest
-Open Woodland
-Tundra

St. Lawrence Lowlands:

-Coniferous Forest
-Mixed Forest

Appalachians:

-Open Woodland
-Coniferous Forest
-Mixed Forest

Describing The Biomes:

Subarctic- swampy;  scattered coniferous trees mixed with tundra vegetation. Wildlife: caribou, lemmings, and snowy owls.

(The Mackenzie Mountains, Yukon-Northwest Territories)

Tundra-  treeless landscape mostly low shrubs, mosses, and lichens. Polar bears, seals, walruses, muskox, and Arctic foxes survive here.

(Keewatin area, Churchill, Manitoba)

Open woodland- scattered evergreen trees, shrubs, and grass. Caribou, martens, bears, geese, beaver, and lynx all live here.

 (Woodland West)

Coniferous forest- Evergreens such as spruce, fir, pine, and aspen. Wildlife: deer, moose, black bears,  fur-bearing animals, hawks, eagles,  wild ducks. This are contain infertile soil.

(Alberta)

Coast and interior forest-  Wet and mild climate. The slopes of mountains above the treeline have Tundra and Arctic vegetation; there is short grass and plants. There is an abundant wildlife: cougars, mountain sheep, bears, moose, and birds.

(Boughton Island, Central Coast B.C.)

Mixed forest-  softwood trees: hemlock and cedar & hardwood trees: maple, birch, oak, and ash. There is the same wildlife as in the coniferous forest. Soil is more fertile in mixed forests than in coniferous forests.

(Algoma Highlands, Ontario)

Parkland- long grasses, clumps of aspen and cottonwood trees; the wildlife is the same as in the coniferous forest and grasslands.

(Alberta)

Grassland- short grasses, not enough moisture for trees… Wildlife: antelope, gophers, and wild fowl. The soil here is more fertile than in the forest regions.

(Frenchman River Valley and Three Sisters Butte, West Block)

The Formation of Physiographic Regions:

Arctic:  Fold mountains were formed by the build up of pressure from the Canadian Shield pushing up sedimentary rock.