1. What was confederation?
The union of the British colonies in North America to form what today is known as Canada.
2. What four colonies originally joined confederation?
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
3. Provide three reasons for confederation.
-changing British attitudes towards the colonies
-strengthen trade amongst the colonies, economic bennefits
-fear of American annexation/expansion
-a railway was needed, better communication and transportation
-political deadlock
-help create a national identity
4. Provide one similarity and one difference around the colonization of Africa.
similarities: desire for resources, colonialism & imperialism = increased nationalism on the homefront, all colonies gained independence eventually, violence, slave labour
differences: how they were governed and how they treated the locals
5. One fact about WWI.
-started in 1914, ended in 1918, with the treaty of Versailles being signed in 1919
-Canada joined as a colony of Britain
-trench style warfare
-triple entente = France, Britain, Russia
-axis powers = Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
-started when Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, crown prince of A-H was assassinated by Serbian nationalists
Bonus: Which mother country had the most colonies in Africa?
-Britain
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