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33 Cards in this Set
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Upper Canada |
The English speaking British colony that was 'up' the St.Lawrence river. What is now mostly Ontario. |
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Lower Canada |
The French speaking British colony 'down' the St.Lawrence river. What is now mostly Quebec. |
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implicit |
Something that is hinted at and not directly expressed or said - even though everybody knows it. |
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Royal Proclamation of 1763 |
A British declaration confirming Aboriginal title to lands west of the Mississippi River. |
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Metis |
A person of both Aboriginal and European descent. [Originally - a person born from an aboriginal mother and a European father] |
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Loyalist |
Americans who did not support the American Revolution. Many of them moved to the British colonies [out of areas that didn't want to be part of Britain any more]. |
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gentry |
the upper class people in Britain |
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clergy |
people ordained for religious service. [preachers, priests, etc]. |
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mortgage |
to use something like a crop you grow, as collateral, so you can get a loan of money. |
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barter economy |
an economy based on trading goods and services rather than on paying for things with money. |
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blight |
a plant disease caused by mold, fungus, or bacteria. It makes the plant inedible and/or poisonous so people go hungry when their food is all rotten. |
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estate |
a huge tract of land often covering thousands of hectares,owned by just one person. |
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tenant farmer |
someone who farms land owned by someone else, keeping part of the produce as payment or rent. |
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class system |
a society in which those born into privileged groups have rights and advantages that others do not. |
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absentee landlord |
a person who owns and rents out a property, but does not live in the region. |
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land speculators |
those who buy property at a low price and sell it at a higher price, usually without spending much of their own money. |
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Family Compact |
the small group of wealthy elite people who controlled government in Upper Canada. |
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Chateau Clique |
The wealthy elite people who controlled Lower Canada, mostly made up of English-speaking merchants. |
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seigneurial system |
the system of landholding in New France; seigneurs were given estates and responsibilities to settle the land and oversee its administration |
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coffin ship |
a ship where most of the passengers died; disease and death were common on cargo vessels used to carry passengers at this time. |
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steerage |
the area below decks on a ship; used to store cargo |
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Francophone |
a French-speaking person |
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underground railway |
Not a real railway. It was the secret trails and routes taken by black Americans escaping slavery. |
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abolition |
making slavery illegal |
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representative government |
a government made up of officials elected to office by the people |
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responsible government |
a government subject to and [supposed to be controlled by] the votes of the people |
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oligarchy |
rule by a small, select group of people |
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veto |
to stop with authority [e.g. to stop a law from happening because you are the higher authority or president] |
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deficit |
a situation where there is more money spent that money earned. [bank account below zero] |
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nationalism |
devotion to the support of one's culture and nation, sometimes resulting in the promotion of independence [if the area is a part of a larger country and they want to be a separate country] |
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insurrection |
taking up arms and battling against the government. |
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dictator |
a ruler with unrestricted power, without any democratic restrictions |
