BC
Across
- 1. The opposite of a boom, when the economy crashes
- 3. This scandal about the CPR led to Macdondald losing power from 1873-78
- 6. NWC explorer mapped the rockies and several rivers
- 7. Macdonald promised to pay off BC's ______
- 9. 54-40 or fight was an _____________ slogan that threatened war
- 12. The name of the mainland before it was became a colony
- 16. The first Europeans to explore BC came from_________ Thus names like Juan De Fuca Strait and Quadra Island
- 17. the 49 __________ was the agreed border between BC and the USA
- 18. This rebellion showed Canadians the importance of finishing the CPR
- 19. These mountains seperate BC from the rest of Canada
- 22. BC failed to sign these with First Nations in BC
- 25. Became BC's most important resource after the Gold Rush
- 26. NWC explorer, first to reach the Pacific by land
- 27. Was the governor of Vancouver Island and later British Columbia
- 29. Was given the job of planning the route of the CPR
- 30. BC was part of this territory contested between Britain and the USA
Down
- 1. He was known as the hanging judge because of his harsh justice during the Gold Rush
- 2. The capital of the colony of Vancouver Island
- 4. About 100000 _________ people lived in BC
- 5. Hawaiians who came to BC
- 8. The largest Gold Rush town, later became a ghost town
- 10. A second Gold Rush happened in this region
- 11. Where the CPR last spike happened
- 13. A tax on Chinese immigrants that started in 1885
- 14. Chinese workers were paid only 1_______ instead of the three paid to Canadians
- 15. First British explorer to arrive by sea
- 20. Many ___________ people came to BC during the Gold Rush and to build the CPR
- 21. Major food source of First Nations on the Pacific coast
- 23. Macdonald promised to build this to connect BC to Canada
- 24. He led the movement to have BC join Canada, later became premier.
- 28. The first Gold Rush and a war happened in the __________ Canyon