Category Socials 10

Belongs to the Metis Belongs to the HBC/Britain/Canada The Metis used the land to a greater potential – bison/buffalo hunt and farming.Higher Metis population.The Metis are indigenous to the region. (settled in the area before the Europeans)Self-sufficient community.No one gave England the… Continue Reading →

“Battle of Seven Oaks.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 26 Nov. 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Oaks>. This painting shows the battle of seven oaks,  It is in the perspective of the HBC because they are the ones that look defenseless in the painting and… Continue Reading →

How were Aboriginal people depicted in early accounts of the fur trade? They were described as having played minor and subordinate roles, and becoming quickly and hopelessly dependent upon European technology and supplies. They would have starved without the Europeans’… Continue Reading →

Charlottetown conference: The Charlottetown conference took place on September 1-9, 1864.  In the spring of 1864, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI were thinking about a maritime union.  Some activities that surrounded the conference which included the famous oyster and… Continue Reading →

Double majority was bad in Canada because it meant that a bill became law only if both Canada East and Canada West voted for it in the Legislative Assembly. Bills related to taxation, trade, language, or education did not pass.  The government of the… Continue Reading →

The American civil war was started because the northern states wanted the southern states because of slavery issues and economic and political decision making.  The Trent affair happened because an American warship stopped a British mail ship and they arrested… Continue Reading →

The economic situation encouraged the BNA colonies to unite because of the railways, corn law, and the reciprocity treaty.  The railways encourages the colonies to unite because it makes it easier to transport people and goods to far away places, … Continue Reading →

The rebellion failed because the rebels did not have adequate weapons compared to the British and they did not have drill or discipline.  In the documents the men talk about how nervous they were before the battles, and didn’t know… Continue Reading →

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