Settling the West

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Across
  1. 2. PEI had a lot of this and needed the Canadian government to help them so they joined Canada and became a province
  2. 6. these people rented land from British landlords and wanted the land to be bought for them
  3. 9. these are taxes placed on imported goods
  4. 11. this concept made the people in British Columbia afraid that the US might try to take over their land
  5. 13. 66 of these were signed between the Canadian government and the First Nations during the settlement of the west
  6. 16. this was a ride of 300 NWMP officers who arrived to bring law and order to the west
  7. 17. these people as well as the First Nations were not included in discussions about making BC into a province
  8. 18. this group was formed by PEI tenants to buy up the land in PEI and they stopped paying rent
  9. 19. this was the colour of the coats the NWMP wore
  10. 20. the colony of British columbia was running out of this resource that had caused many people to move to the area
Down
  1. 1. he was a Metis man who helped the Northwest Mounted Police
  2. 3. Americans were angry at the British for helping the Southern Sates during this war
  3. 4. the invention of this made the fishing industry take off in British Columbia
  4. 5. these were damaged by the British during the civil war angering the Americans
  5. 7. the Canadian government promised to build this if PEI joined Canada
  6. 8. along with fishing and farming this was another industry that was starting around the time BC became a province
  7. 10. these people owned land in PEI but lived in England
  8. 12. the rights to do this was a problem between Canada and the US which led to British Columbia becoming a province
  9. 14. He was an NWMP officer who was involved in many important events in Canadian history including the march west
  10. 15. this was being traded by illegal traders from the US and the NWMP were created to try and stop them