Scavenger
Hunt #1 – Chapter 3 – The Events of Confederation (pg. 54-57)
1.John
A. Macdonald emigrated from ____________, ___________ to Canada in 1820.
2.His
family lived in ___________, Ontario.
3.Unfortunately,
his brother was killed at age ___.
4.At
the age of only _______ John was apprenticing with a _________. He started his
own law practice at the age of ________.
5.In 1837 he helped defeat the rebels, led by
______________________ in the Rebellions of Upper Canada.
6.John
endured two more tragedies as he entered politics. These were: ________________________________ and ______________________________________________.
7.In
_________ John’s ideas of ___________________ became a reality.
8.Why
did John return home with blood on his clothes on April 7, 1868? _________________________________________________________________
9.A
group of Irish rebels called the _______________ were thought to be
responsible.
10.Although
he was very involved in encouraging the construction of _________________ and
the settling of ___________________, John was caught accepting bribes as large
as $__________________.
11.He
served two terms as Prime Minister. From ________________ and_______________.
Scavenger
Hunt #2 – Chapter 3 – The Events of Confederation (pg. 54-57)
1.____________________
is located on Prince Edward Island.
2.In
___________ a meeting was held that included the ______________ colonies. These
are: ___________________, _______________ and _________________.
3.__________________
and ________________ were not invited but important politicians from Upper and
Lower _____________ were.
4._____________________
helped convince the Maritime colonies to consider forming a __________ with
them. They decided to meet again shortly to further these discussions.
5.In
_____________________ a meeting was held in _____________________, where
________________________ joined in as well. Once again, _______________________
was not included because it was located so far away from the other colonies.
6.The
Quebec City meeting focus on the rules for ____________________________. Most
people attending the conference (called delegates) voted in favour of
the Quebec Resolutions.
7.They
decided that there would be a _________________ constitution. This meant that
there would be one government for the __________________, and one for each
_________________.
8.Each
level of government would handle different tasks. Education would be handle by
the ________________. Dealing with the First Nations, would be handle by the
_________ government.
9.Parliament
would be a mix of ________________________________ and
____________________________. Representatives would be both __________________
and __________________________.
10.In
the end, _______________ voted in favour of the ideas discussed, and
_____________ voted against them.
11.Most
politicians involved in these meeting were men from ________________,
_________________ and ____________________. Unfortunately, this meant that they
did not properly consider the concerns of _____________________ ,
__________________ or ____________________
12.Although
___________________________ and _________________________ were political
opponents, they decided to set aside their differences and form a
____________________ to help solve the colonies problems.
Scavenger
Hunt #3 – Chapter 3 – The Events of Confederation (pg. 58-59)
1.Not
everyone agree with the ideas (resolutions) suggested during the Quebec
Conference. __________________________
from ____________________ was the leader of the ______________ Party. He was
concerned the suggestions would destroy ______________________. He thought that
having all people _______________ about whether or not to form a Union would be
the best way forward.
2._______________________
was the Premier of __________________. He was concerned that union of Nova
Scotia with larger provinces such as ___________________ and __________________
would not be beneficial. He also felt the Nova Scotian capital of ________________ was too far
away from Upper and Lower Canada.
3.Macdonald
and Cartier favoured
Confederation because they felt it would improve the __________________ and
allow for better __________________ against the United States.
4.In
the end, the colonies of _______________________ and _________________________
did not agree to Confederation.
5.In
________________________________ representatives from _____________________,
_____________________, ___________________ and ___________________ met with
British Officials in ____________________ to determine the future of these
colonies. They all agreed that Canada would become a “
_____________________________________.” Although the Dominion of Canada was
still a ____________________, the __________ and _____________ were only
symbols with no power in Canada’s government.
Scavenger
Hunt #4 – Chapter 3 – The Events of Confederation (pg. 60-62)
1.On
_______________________________ a new country was formed! The Dominion of
Canada originally had _________ provinces.
2.The
first four provinces were: ________________, __________________,
___________________ and _____________________.
3.The
capital city, _________________ was chosen by ___________________________. A
new parliament building opened in ______.
4.The
________________________________ was legislation that officially made Canada
independent. The name of this act was changed to the _________________________
in 1982.
5.Canadian
Parliament was divided into two “Houses.” The
______________________ was made up of politicians elected by the voters.
The ______________________ would be _________________ (synonym for chosen) by
the Prime Minister.
6.The
House of Common was based on the idea of _____________________________________.
By contrast, the ________________ had equal representation for all regions.
7.Canada
would also be _________________________, speaking both _____________ and
_________________.
8.In
1867 it was also decided that Provinces would be responsible for
___________________ and _________________________.
9.Using
the chart on page 62, make a list of five key responsibilities for the Federal
Government and five key responsibilities for the Provincial Government
Federal
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Provincial
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
