Chapter 3 – The British in North America



Chapter 3 – The British in North America

Reading Review

Date:______________________ Name:________________________

1. Define:

a) Mercantilism –

b) Rupert’s Land –

2. Describe the perspectives of the following when contact was first made between one another.

i) First Nations –

ii) King of England –

iii) English Colonists –

3. What ways does the Mercantile system benefit and create drawbacks for the following three groups:

|Home Country |Colonists |First Nations |

|Benefits: |Benefits: |Benefits: |

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|Drawbacks: |Drawbacks: |Drawbacks: |

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4. How many colonies were established by England/Britain?

a) 12

b) 13

c) 14

d) 15

5. Identify and describe the 4 reasons why it was important for Britain to build colonies in America?

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b)__________________________:

c)__________________________:

d)__________________________:

6. Comparing New France and The Thirteen Colonies

Britain and France had different reasons for colonizing North America. Identify these comparisons by summarizing the chart off the overhead. DO NOT write it word for word. Put this into your own words!

| |New France |The Thirteen Colonies |

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|The Climate: | | |

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|Employment: | | |

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|Trade: | | |

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7. Briain and France signed which treaty in 1713.

a) Treaty of Ultazchs

b) Treaty of St. Louis

c) Treaty of Utrecht

d) Treaty of Il Royale

8. What did John Cabot claim for Britain, which they really did not want.

a) Halifax

b) Atlantic area

c) Newfoundland

d) Nova Scotia

9. Name the First Nations group that was killed off and became extinct because of British fishers.

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10. Britain became concerned about the strong French presence in Nova Scotia and as a result in 1749 Britain:

a) built Hudson’s Bay, Nova Scotia (where the Mi’kmaq called it “the biggest harbour”)and named it after a British official in London because they wanted to tighten control over the former French colony.

b) built Halifax, New Brunswick (where the Mi’kmaq called it “the biggest harbour”)and named it after a British official in London because they wanted to tighten control over the former French colony.

c) built Montreal, Quebec (where the Mi’kmaq called it “the biggest harbour”)and named it after a British official in London because they wanted to tighten control over the former French colony.

d) built Halifax, Nova Scotia (where the Mi’kmaq called it “the biggest harbour”)and named it after a British official in London because they wanted to tighten control over the former French colony.

11. Lord Cornwallis issued hostile orders towards a certain group. What was the group and what were the orders?

a) Beothuk – “annoy, distress, take, or destroy Mi’kmaq people wherever they are found.”

b) Mi’kmaq – “annoy, distress, take, or destroy Mi’kmaq people wherever they are found.”

c) Beothuk – “let them live their lives – at least for a time.”

d) Mi’kmaq – “let them live their lives – at least for a time.”

12. The creation of the Hudson’s Bay Company was important because:

a) the King allowed HBC to create a monopoly.

b) created an abundant supply of trading.

c) after a battle at Rupert House, French gained control; then signed a Treaty with Britain which gave control back to Britain.

d) it resulted in continuous battles between the two Imperial powers for the next 50 years.

e) both a and b.

f) all the above.

13. What items did Henry Kelsey take with him when he met First Nations peoples along his trip West in the interior?

a) brass pot, a blanket, some guns, tobacco and a hatchet

b) matches, bow ‘n arrow, a gun and a scarf

c) food, guns, chew and a kettle

d) bass bar, a electric blanket, a gun, smokes and an axe.

14. Henry Kelsey is an example of:

a) a hunter

b) a Coureur de blois

c) a French – Canadian

d) a British entrepreneur

e) both b and d

15. Two British explorers that worked for the HBC were:

a) Samuel de Champlain, Jacque Cartier

b) Louis XIV, Kluskap

c) Anthony Henday, Henry Kelsey

d) John Cabot, Henry Henday

16. According to the Siksika, sharing the pipe of tobacco ensured:

a) the well-being of the giver and the receiver.

b) the symbolic act of good faith was maintained.

c) the well-being of the receiver was maintained.

d) the symbolic act of taking is maintained.

e) both a and b

f) none of the above.

17. The sailor that found a path through the Northwest Passage was:

a) Sir John Franklin

b) John Cabot

c) Roald Amundsen

d) Columbus

18. What offer did the Siksika refuse from Henday.

(Describe here)

19. Identify two new points you learned in this last chapter.

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