Our Dual Heritage: French English Relations



Our Dual Heritage: French English Relations

Booklet Questions

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Section 31

1. In what two areas did the first French settlers live in North America?

2. Where did the first British settlers live in North America?

3. Why did the colonies go to war whenever Britain and France went to war in Europe?

4. What happened to the Acadians?

5. How did New France become a British colony?

Section 32

6. How did the French feel about the British conquest?

7. Why was it impossible for the British to assimilate the French settlers?

8. What did the Quebec Act say?

9. Why did the British want to keep the French settlers happy?

10. Why didn’t the French settlers join the rebellion in 1776 in the Thirteen Colonies?

Section 33

11. Why did the new system of government cause problems in Lower Canada?

12. What happened in Lower Canada in 1837?

Section 34

13. Why did the British government send Lord Durham to Canada?

14. What was Lord Durham’s solution to these problems?

Section 36

15. How did the problem in the Red River cause bad feelings between people in Ontario and Quebec?

16. Why did Riel come back to Canada in 1885?

17. What happened to Riel after the second rebellion?

Section 37

18. How did Canada keep its promise to the Metis that their language and religion would be protected?

19. What did the Manitoba government do in 1890 to the schools?

20. How was the Manitoba Schools Question finally solved?

Chapter 6: Uneasy Partnership

Booklet Questions

Section 38

1. How did French Canadians feel about Canada joining World War I when it first started?

2. Why did many English Canadians blame the French Canadians in Quebec for conscription?

Section 39

3. What were the results of the plebiscite in 1942? English Canada: ________________________

French Canada: _________________________

4. Why did the people in Quebec feel better about conscription in 1944 than they did in 1917 (2 reasons)?

Section 40

5. What was Quebec society like before the two world wars?

6. Why did Duplessis refuse to accept money from the federal government in Ottawa?

Section 41

7. What courses did Quebec students take in the 1940s and 1950s?

8. Who owned most of the businesses in Quebec?

9. What was life like for French Canadians who traveled to other parts of Canada?

10. Explain the term “maitres chez nous”.

Section 42

10. What was the FLQ?

11. Why did most French Canadians finally lose sympathy for the FLQ?

12. What were 2 recommendations of the Bi and Bi Commission?

Section 43

13. What was the main goal of the Parti Quebecois?

14. What did the referendum question ask?

15. What did Levesque mean by “sovereignty association”?

16. What were the results of the referendum? Oui: _________________ Non: _______________

Section 44

17. What did Prime Minister Trudeau promise Quebeckers if they voted no to separation?

18. Why did the provincial premiers want to take the federal government to court?

19. Why did Rene Levesque not agree with Trudeau’s plans for the constitution?

20. How many provinces accepted the new constitution in 1982?

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