The Development of Canada

1. The former name of Nova Scotia.
5. The treaty which transferred the lands of New France to Britain.
6. The British colonies that declared their independence in 1776 to become the original states of the United States of America.
7. The term used by settlers in the Thirteen Colonies to describe acts passed by the British Parliament prior to the American Revolution.
11. People loyal to Britain who migrated from the United States to Ontario and the Maritimes following American independence in 1776.
13. The name given to the territories granted to the Hudson Bay Company in 1670.
14. In New France, the administrator responsible for finance and justice.
15. Hostilities between Britain and France that broke out in 1756.
16. The unfavourable treatment of a person or group of people based on prejudice about race, age, or gender.
17. Independence in exercising power or authority.
18. A union of a group of people, states, or countries for a common purpose.

2. To add territory, especially without permission.
3. This created two countries: by design it gave brith to the United States, and by circumstance it sowed the seeds for the future nation of Canada.
4. The difference between the birth rate and the death rate.
8. The British act of Parliament in 1867 that created the Dominion of Canada.
9. A person who is bound by contract to serve another person.
10. The constitutional rights of people to vote and have equal treatment and protection under the law.
11. A secret transportation network in Canada and the United States before the American Civil War set up to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states and Canada.
12. The term used by Acadians in reference to their deportation from Nova Scotia by the British in 1755.