Social Studies Seven- Chapter Seven Reading Guide



Social Studies Seven- Chapter Seven Reading Guide-Creating a New Country

People and Government

1. What is government?

2. What type of government does Canada have?

3. When did Canada’s government first form?

4. What was the name of this process?

Conditions for Confederation

1. List the seven British colonies in 1858.

2. Draw a rough map of the British colonies in # 1.

3. What were the three main factors leading the colonies to think about union?

4. Who was Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine?

5. What is representation by population?

6. What were the representation by population issues in the 1850’s?

7. Why did the British mercantile system need ‘free trade’ and how did it effect the colonies?

8. What was the reciprocity in the 1854 trade agreement with the United States?

9. Describe the Railway revolution.

10. Why were the colonies concerned about the outcome of the America civil war?

11. What is Manifest Destiny?

12. Why was Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada?

Confederation and the Maritime Colonies

1. Name the Maritime Colonies, and briefly describe each.

2. When was the golden age of the Maritimes? Why?

3. Who did not benefit from the golden age?

4. Why did some Maritimers oppose union?

5. Why did some Maritimers support union?

6. How was Joseph Howe an active citizen?

Confederation Discussions

1. What is a coalition?

2. What is federalism, and why was it good for the colonies?

3. What are compromise and consensus?

4. What did each colony decide?

5. Define the B.N.A. Act.

6. Who was John A. MacDonald?

7. Describe the Dominion.

The Structure of Canadian Government

1. What was the relationship between Canada and Britain after the B.N.A. Act?

2. Describe the new Canadian Parliament.

3. What is the federal system of government?

4. What were the limits of the new democracy?

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