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What is Oregon territory
It ran from what is now southern Oregon state to the Yukon boarder.
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What is Barkerville
It became the first Chinese community in Canada in 1858
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Who is Sir John A MacDonald
Our first ever Prime Minister of Canada.
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Acadians
They were French settlers who occupied New France in the late 17th and early 18th Centuries.
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the printing press
It could mass-produce books, create posters and newspapers.
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What is a parallel
The 49th ______ separates Canada from the United States in most areas
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What is Victoria, British Columbia
By 1860, Chinese immigrants outnumbered westerners 3 to 1 in this port city.
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Who is Sir Wilfred Laurier
Our second Prime Minister of Canada
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Filles du Roi
Women came to upper North America from France to raise families and help build French colonies.
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Who is Thomas Edison
He was responsible for his work on the carbon filament light bulb and DC power generators.
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What is Ladysmith
It is the spot on Vancouver Island that is bisected by the 49th parallel.
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What is the Head Tax
In 1885, the Liberal Government under Sir Wilfred Laurier created this regulation to limit Chinese immigration in Canada.
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Cpt. George Vancouver
Visits Nootka Sound and claims the area for the British Empire in 1792.
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What is an alliance
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
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Alfred Nobel
He invented a safety explosive by adding trig-nitroglycerine to diatomaceous earth to create Dynamite,
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Who is Sir James Douglas
He was the colony of British Columbia's first Governor.
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What is the Tong
As a secret society, they protected the interests of Chinese immigrants in China Town in Victoria and Vancouver in the late 19th century.
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Queen Victoria
The monarch who's name is featured in the capital of New Caledonia
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What is militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
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Nikola Tesla
Known as the Mad Serbian, or "father of the modern world" and invented the AC power grid
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What is manifest destiny
A phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
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What is the Asiatic Exclusion League (AEL)
Its stated aim was "to keep Oriental immigrants out of British Columbia." - 1907. It organized riots against those of Asian racial origin in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Judge Matthew Begbie
He was in charge of Law and Order in Barkerville
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Siege Mortar
They were deck-mounted weapons that lobbed large iron balls over the fortress walls at 65-degree angles. These were found at Fort Louisburg.
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Alessandro Volta
He was responsible for creating the electric battery cell
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Voltaire
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