Expansion of Canada Video

In June 1858, which company controlled the land that is now central British Columbia?

• Hudson's Bay Company

• East India Company

• British East Africa Company

• Dutch East India Company

What was the main reason European traders made the dangerous cross-country journey to New Caledonia?

• To establish new colonies

• To find gold

• To engage in the fur trade

• To explore new territories

What event caused 30,000 American gold-seekers to stampede north?

• The discovery of gold

• The signing of a treaty

• The building of a railway

• The declaration of a new colony

Who was the British Guyana-born individual that joined the Hudson Bay Company at age 16?

• John A. MacDonald

• James Douglas

• Louis Riel

• George Vancouver

When did Britain declare the region a formal colony, British Columbia?

• June 1858

• August 1858

• September 1864

• July 1867

Who led the meeting of Canada’s Colonial Leaders in Charlottetown, PEI, in September 1864?

• James Douglas

• Louis Riel

• John A. MacDonald

• George Vancouver

What was promised to British Columbia if they joined Confederation?

• A new constitution

• A national railway

• More land

• Military protection

Who were the indigenous groups that had lived on the land that MacDonald wanted to parcel out?

• The Inuit and the Haida

• The Metis and the Plains Cree

• The Iroquois and the Algonquin

• The Blackfoot and the Sioux

Who led the group of Metis determined to send the surveyors away near the settlement of Red River in 1869?

• John A. MacDonald

• James Douglas

• Louis Riel

• George Vancouver

In 1884, who called for an important gathering of indigenous leaders in the Aspen Parkland region of central Saskatchewan?

• Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)

• John Ware

• Frederick Stimson

• Yip Sang