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1. Americans who were opposed to the American Revolution and moved to British colonies.
5. A person who owns land or rents out land but does not live in the region.
7. The system of landholding in New France.The Seigneurs were given large estates and responsibilities to settle the land and oversee it.
8. The ships that carried people to North America were called this. Disease and death were common in the vessels at the time.
10. A piece of land owned by a single person that usually covered thousands of hectares
11. Devotion to support their own culture and nation or country usually would lead to them promoting independence.
12. The wealthy and elite people who controlled Lower Canada and are mostly made up of English-speaking merchants and some French-speaking elites.
13. A government that was held responsible to the votes of the people.
16. Small group of wealthy and elite people who control the government in Upper Canada.

2. A person who farms land owned by another person who keeps part of the produce as payment.
3. A government made up of people that were elected to the office by the people who voted for them.
4. People who were made priests for religious service.
6. People who buy land at low prices and sell them for a much higher price without spending much of their own money.
9. An economy based on trading things, instead of money, for services or other things.
14. Upper class of Britain.
15. A rule by a small and selected group of individuals.