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3. Compare and Contrast of the Royal Proclamation &the Quebec Act = 20%
Ô A political region that contains and officially recognizes two distinct
cultures.
- A political region that contains and officially recognizes two distinct
languages.
Ô When a region has been colonized by a dominant power (like the Europeans), a
settlement is usually set up and population with the citizens of that dominant country.
This settlement is a colony.
/*6: Ô A British Act creating the regions of Upper Canada and
Lower Canada
Refers to the period of time when the English, French, and Spanish explorers
began coming to North America. The first contact was in 1492 when Christopher
Columbus landed in the West Indies (Caribbean). John Cabot landed in Newfoundland in
1497. This is the beginning of Contact in Canada.
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Ô To change from one system of belief or religion to another. This is often
the result of missionary activity.
81&John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, was sent by the British
Crown to Canada to observe and report on the state of the two Canadas: Upper and
Lower. He was sent after the French Uprising. His report recommended uniting the two
Canadas in order to keep a better eye on the French in Lower Canada.
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" A term used to describe Canadian aboriginals. It is a term that recognizes
that in the pre-Contact era, First Nations people had a distinct and sovereign society
(government, art, language, kinship, religion, economics, recreation, etc). Upon arrival
(Contact) and onward, many Europeans did not necessarily recognize this fact. The term
x is an attempt to correct this failure to recognize the aboriginal peoples as
real nations.
7 )Created in the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was the region of southern
Quebec and Labrador.
A British American who did not want to separate from the British Crown.
Many of these Americans fled to British Canada for refuge.
The economic theory that drove European nations to competitive
imperialism. It had two main ideas: (1) A nation¶s prosperity is judged by its gold and
silver, not its standard of living, and (2) The world had a limited supply of wealth, so a
nation can only grow wealthier at another nation¶s expense.
"7$ The large portion of North America controlled by the French prior to
losing the Seven Years War to Britain.
(A term that refers to a person from the British American colonies that wanted
to break away from the British Crown. A patriot would have taken up arms to fight
against the British in the American Revolutionary War.
() Refers to the period of time in North America before European explorers
set foot on the continent.
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,A seven year war between the British (allied with the Iroquois) and
the French (allied with the Huron). It concluded with a British victory and North
America being given to the British as booty. All that was once New France now
belonged to Britain.
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Having supreme and independent control over a geographic region.
A</*66+During the American Revolutionary War (Americans vs. British),
the British feared that the French living in the region of Quebec would revolt and join the
Americans because the nation of France was allied with the Americans. The Quebec Act
sought to ³bribe´ the French Quebecers with various recognitions of their culture and
land. It allowed the French to continue to practice the Catholic Faith; it expanded the
region of Quebec, and allowed the French Quebecers to govern their society with French
laws instead of British ones. (an example of accommodation)
1* Occurred in Germany in the 1500¶s. It was the separation of many
German churches from the Catholic Church to form independent church groups called
denominations. Eventually this movement spread to the rest of Catholic Europe. It was
this event that gave rise to the various kinds of denominations we see today: Anglican,
Lutheran, Christian Reform, Calvinist, Presbyterian, Puritan, Methodist, etc.
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When a less-powerful group of people (like the French or First Nations) are
angered by poor or discriminative treatment, and take up arms to fight against the
oppressor (eg. The British Crown).
,*9 A war between the British Canadians and the Americans - fought on
Canadian and American soil. The Americans declared war for many reasons, one of
them being that they were irritated by the British Canadian expansion into what is now
western Canada. Both the Americans and the Canadians claimed victory in this war. The
Americans had a higher number of casualties. UU
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