This week, we have completed our sixth chapter from the textbook. Students will be handing
in their duotangs for grading on Monday, February 6th.
Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the
test.
On Monday, February 6th, we will
have our Chapter 6 Test about Becoming Canada. The following items will be tested:
Vocabulary:
- Chateau Clique
- deadlock
- discrimination
- Family Compact
- haven
- Legislative Assembly
- liberator
- Lower Canada
- Ninety-two Resolutions
- Patriotes
- quarantine
- reformers
- refugee
- responsible government
- Seventh Report on Grievances
- United Empire Loyalists
- Upper Canada
- traitor
Also, know the following
people, events, concepts or places:
- 1791 – the Constitutional Act divided Canada in two:
- land west of the Ottawa River became Upper Canada
& the governing body in this area was known as the Family Compact
- land east of the river (the old colony of Quebec
became Lower Canada & the governing body in this area was known as
the Chateau Clique
- 1812 – Britain & the United States couldn’t get along
because:
- Americans wanted control of British colonies
- British had stopped the Americans from trading with
the French
- Britain was kidnapping Americans to serve in the
British Army
- British supported First Nations in their struggle for
land
- 1812 – War began with the United States & Britain
was concerned about loyalty in British North America for the following
reasons:
- Americans outnumber the British & are not loyal to
Britain
- Atlantic colonies depended on Americans for trade
along the coast
- it had only been 50 years since the French had lost
New France, so they might fight to get it back for themselves—not for the
British
- Loyalists had come for cheap land & might not show
loyalty to Britain
- many colonists were American & might not fight for
Britain
- 1812 – During the war of 1812, two key battles took
place in York (present day Toronto) and Washington:
- American soldiers used the following battle tactics:
- burned down government buildings
- fired cannons
- looted shops & houses
- British soldiers used the following battle tactics:
- burned down United States government buildings
- 1815 to 1850 – The Great Migration
- people left Britain because of a lack of jobs
- more than 800 000 immigrants came from England,
Scotland, Wales, & Ireland
- most of the immigrants ended up in Halifax, Quebec,
Montreal, & Upper Canada
- many people got sick and died on the journey across
the Atlantic Ocean so that the boats became known as “coffin ships”
- 1833 – Britain banned slavery in all of its colonies
- word passed among slaves in the southern United
States: Canada was a safe haven & “land of promise” for slaves
- many runaway enslaved people fled north via the
Underground Railroad
- 1837 – Rebellion in Lower Canada
- led by Joseph Papineau after the British government
rejected all of the Patriotes demands
- 1837 – Rebellion in Upper Canada
- led by William Lyon Mackenzie with Reformers who
wanted to overthrow the government
- sent from Britain to investigate the cause of the
rebellions
- recommended that Upper & Lower Canada be given one
united government
- English became the only recognize language
- the potato crop in Ireland failed & the Irish had
nothing to eat so 100 000 came to Canada
- a typhus epidemic broke out on the ships &
thousands of people died on the voyage to Canada
Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 5 materials in the duotang for the test. However, students will still need to study and understand the material, in order for this to benefit them during the test. They will need to be able to use their knowledge and understanding to:
· show critical thinking
· apply historical and geographic skills to bring meaning to issues and events
· apply skills of metacognition, reflecting upon what they have learned
· communicate ideas and information in an informed, organized, and persuasive manner