Crossword
Across
- 1. People who were made priests for religious service.
- 3. Upper class of Britain.
- 4. The system of landholding in New France.The Seigneurs were given large estates and responsibilities to settle the land and oversee it.
- 5. A government that was held responsible to the votes of the people.
- 10. A person who owns land or rents out land but does not live in the region.
- 12. A rule by a small and selected group of individuals.
- 13. Small group of wealthy and elite people who control the government in Upper Canada.
- 14. People who buy land at low prices and sell them for a much higher price without spending much of their own money.
Down
- 1. The wealthy and elite people who controlled Lower Canada and are mostly made up of English-speaking merchants and some French-speaking elites.
- 2. A government made up of people that were elected to the office by the people who voted for them.
- 6. A piece of land owned by a single person that usually covered thousands of hectares
- 7. Devotion to support their own culture and nation or country usually would lead to them promoting independence.
- 8. A person who farms land owned by another person who keeps part of the produce as payment.
- 9. An economy based on trading things, instead of money, for services or other things.
- 11. Americans who were opposed to the American Revolution and moved to British colonies.
- 15. The ships that carried people to North America were called this. Disease and death were common in the vessels at the time.