= Words on your First Glossary Test!

A

 

Abolitionists - those who wished to end slavery.

 

Acadia - includes present day Nova Scotia, P.E.I., & parts of New Brunswick & Quebec.

 

Administrator - person in charge; official; manager.

 

Alliance - union formed between nations or groups of people based on an agreement that benefits those in the union.

 

Amnesty - to be pardoned or excused by government for past affiances against the government.

 

Assimilation - the process through which one culture is absorbed into another.

 

B

Bill - A proposed law to be debated and voted on.

 

Boycott - refusal to trade with a country or company or to buy its products.

 

C

 

Cash crop - a crop grown for sale rather than for just feeding the farmer.

 

Colony - a new land settled & controlled by citizens of a distant country.

 

Compromise - an agreement in which each side gives up some of its demands.

 

Confederation - the federal union of British North America colonies; the members retained some power over their own affairs & turned some powers over to a central government.

 

Confiscated - property taken away by someone in authority usually by a government.

 

Consensus - general agreement among all people consulted.

 

Coureurs de bois - French woodsmen, who travelled to the interior for furs; adventurers, expert canoeists & skilled businessmen.

 

Crown land - land held by the government to be used as it saw fit.

 

D

Deed - a document legally granting someone ownership.

 

Deport - to remove or move away; to force people away from their homes or a country by government order.

 

Diversity - variety; difference

 

Dowry - money or property that a woman brings with her into marriage, usually supplied by her father. In the case of "King's Daughters" from France, the state provided it.

 

E

Emigrate - leave one's country or region to settle in another.

 

Export - to sell goods to other countries (or colonies).

 

F

Free Trade - trade between countries where taxes or tariffs are not involved.

 

H

Habitant - farmer in New France & later in Quebec.

 

I

Illiterate - Able to read or write at a low level of skill or not at all.

 

Independent - acting without help or influence of others.

 

Industry - a business of collecting or manufacturing raw materials or providing services.

 

K

King's Daughters - women who came at the French king's expense to New France to marry & settle there.

 

L

Lower Canada - the southeastern portion of Quebec in 1791 ("down" the St. Lawrence River)

 

Loyalists - people living in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Britain, many of whom eventually came to British North America; referred to as Tories

 

M

Metis - people of mixed Native & European ancestry.

 

Missionary - bringing one’s religious teachings to others who do not share them.

 

Monarchy - a government run by king or queen.

 

Monopoly - a right granted for one person or group to control by buying or selling.

 

N

New France - area along the St. Lawrence River, in what is now Canada, which was colonized by France (See page 58).

 

Nomadic - moving from place to place, usually according to the season, following migrations of game or seeking sources of food.

 

O

Oath of allegiance - a promise to a country &/or ruler.

 

Oppression- loss of one's freedom; having little power.

 

P

Petition - a formal request to a government or authority by a group of people, for a specific action.

 

Plantation - large farms where crops are grown.

 

Political - providing directions, order & security to meet group needs.

 

R

Rebel - person who acts against the government; Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies who wanted to separate from British rule to form the United States of America; Patriots in Lower Canada & Reformers in Upper Canada were also called "rebels."

 

Refuge - place of safety; place to escape from danger.

 

S

Seigneur - a person granted land by the French king to divide into lots & assign to habitants.

 

Social - having to do with the way people relates to each other in relationships & communities

 

Statistics - information (facts) in number in form (e.g., population)

 

Status quo - the way things are at a present time.

 

T

Tariff- a tax paid to the government on goods brought into a country.

 

Treaty - an official agreement between groups or nations.

 

U

Upper Canada - Quebec was divided into to two colonies in 1791. Upper Canada was "up" the St Lawrence River; part of present-day Ontario.