Unit 3 Flashcards Part 1

Read the words on the card. Think about what they mean or refer to. When you want to check your answer, click on the card to see the other side. All terms and dates will appear every time you load this page, but the order of the cards will change every time. The information on these flashcards will help you remember the information from the Learn section of this website. By itself, the information on the cards is not enough to prepare you for the real test.

• The major economic reason for the exploration of Canada
  The fur trade was the most important economic activity in Canada for many, many years.
• Underground Railway
  The name given to the network of people who helped escaped slaves escape to freedom in Canada.
• First representative assemblies in Canada
  Nova Scotia, 1758; Prince Edward Island, 1773; New Brunswick , 1785.
• Why were Aboriginals called "Indians"?
  The first Europeans thought that they had landed in the East Indies.
• Beginning of major European exploration
  John Cabot began exploring in 1497. He was the first person to draw a map of Canada's East Coast.
• The British conquer New France at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
  In 1759, General James Wolfe's British army defeated the French army of the Marquis de Montcalm, and claimed Canada for Britain. Both commanders died.
• Rights given in the Quebec Act
  Religious freedom and the right to hold office for Catholics. French civil law restored.
• Jacques Cartier
  Jacques Cartier made three trips to Canada between 1534 and 1542. He claimed the land for the King of France.
• The Quebec Act (date)
  In 1774, the Quebec Act guaranteed the French certain rights, even though they were living under British rule.
• Hudson's Bay Company
  The Hudson's Bay Company was given the right to trade in all of the land that drained into Hudson Bay by King Charles II.
• Quebec City founded
  Samuel de Champlain started building Quebec city in 1608.
• Names for French fur traders
  Voyageurs and Coureurs des bois (Runners of the Woods)
• First Europeans to visit North America
  The Vikings made a settlement in l'Anse aux Meadows
• Constitutional Act (1791)
  Created Upper Canada (later Ontario) and Lower Canada (later Quebec). Also created elected legislative assemblies. The name "Canada" become official.
• How Canada got its name
  Jacques Cartier heard two Iroquois speaking to each other about "kanata" - a "village".
• United Empire Loyalists
  These were the people who left the USA after the American Revolution because they wanted to keep their connection with Britain.