Provinces Joining Canada

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Across
  1. 2. the government of Canada promised to provide this type of transportation if PEI joined Canada
  2. 3. the people in British Columbia and the United States were arguing over this resource before BC joined Canada
  3. 6. this was a very strong industry in PEI that kept the economy going well before they joined Canada
  4. 7. as part of the Treaty of Washington the US and BC decided not to put these taxes on trade goods
  5. 9. this group owned most of Rupert's Land including the Red River area
  6. 13. this man led the Red River Rebellion against Canada
  7. 15. the Prime Minister of Canada sent this group to end the Red River Rebellion after Thomas Scott was executed
  8. 17. the government of Canada promised to provide PEI with this type of communication service if they joined Canada
  9. 19. people in PEI who had to rent land from absentee landlords in England
  10. 20. the reason Canada wanted to expand into the Red River area was to get more of this
  11. 21. furs and this resource were both running out just before BC joined Canada
  12. 22. the Americans wanted British Columbia to pay for some of the damage that occurred during this American war
  13. 24. many of the people that helped build the railway across Canada were from this country
  14. 25. this new invention made it possible for fish from BC to be packed and last a long time
  15. 30. one of the reason BC joined Canada was because of fear of US expansion called this
Down
  1. 1. Louis Riel set up this type of government to negotiate with the Canadian government
  2. 4. Louis Riel and the other people who were part of the provisional government made a list of demands for joing Canada that was called this
  3. 5. this man was executed for opposing Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion
  4. 8. the Red River area was part of this larger section of land that was controlled by the British
  5. 10. the Americans and British were arguing over access to this river before BC joined Canada
  6. 11. this colony did not join Canada at Confederation because the government refused to buy the land for the people
  7. 12. people in PEI formed this group to protest against absentee landlords
  8. 14. this man was the Prime Minister of Canada during the Red River Rebellion
  9. 16. the main reason PEI joined Canada was for this kind of help from the Canadian government
  10. 18. people in England who owned land in PEI and rented it to farmers
  11. 23. British Columbia and the US signed this treaty to end some of their disagreements
  12. 26. this group of people were descendants of Indigenous peoples and Europeans
  13. 27. other than fishing and farming this was a new industry in BC that was becoming important when BC joined Canada
  14. 28. to protest against absentee landlords people in PEI refused to pay this
  15. 29. PEI was on the verge of bankruptcy because they spent a lot of money trying to build this