Grade 8 History Review

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Across
  1. 1. French Canadian folk hero who became a symbol of resistance against expulsion
  2. 3. The province created for the Metis
  3. 5. Total number of years Macdonald was Prime Minister
  4. 7. Politician who brought Quebec into Confederation
  5. 9. Our first prime minister.
  6. 10. Principal trade resource of early explorers and settlers to the area that would become canada
  7. 11. Metis politician who fought for Metis rights but became an enemy of the federal government
  8. 14. Group of French settlers who were forcibly removed from their lands
  9. 16. Big ____ : Cree leader who advocated for peace
  10. 17. The technology Canada was built around in an attempt to make a country from sea to sea
  11. 18. Last name of the nationalist who was executed for trying to usurp the local government
Down
  1. 2. French Canadian explorers and fur traders who pushed into inland Canada via rivers and lakes
  2. 4. People of mixed heritage who developed their own culture and identity
  3. 6. _______ Treaties: the treaties made between the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples of the plains
  4. 8. The massive territory purchased by the Canadian Government from the Hudson's Bay Company
  5. 12. The territory purchased by the USA from Russia the day after Canada was created
  6. 13. Primary religion of French Canadians and disliked by British Protestants
  7. 15. Canada _________ : group of nationalists who believed that Canada belonged only to white Protestants