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