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