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| Question | Answer |
| William Lyon Mackenzie | Replaced Gourlay, argumentative man |
| Emily Stowe | 1st female doctor, Canadian |
| Joseph Howe | famous journalist & newspaper publisher, AGAINST confederation |
| Louis Joseph Papineau | Seigneur & lawyer, leader of radical reformers |
| William Lyon Mackenzie | replaced Gourlay, argumentative man |
| Lord Durham | reformer in England, governor-in-chief of Canada, made the Durham report |
| Thomas D’Arcy McGee | John A. MacDonald’s good friend, murdered for supporting Confederation |
| Queen Victoria | reigned over British empire for 60+ years (1837-1901) |
| Louis Pasteur | french scientist, theorized that bacteria caused illnesses |
| Lord Elgin | Durham’s son-in-law, wanted to make responsible government a reality, signed Rebellion Losses Bill even though he was opposed to it |
| George-Etienne Cartier | Leader of parti bleu; invested in railways, driving force behind confederation |
| John A. MacDonald | 1st & 3rd Prime Minister of Canada, lawyer, agreed to join Great Coalition of 1864 |
| George Brown | led Radical Party (Grits), publisher of toronto newspaper |
| Pierre-Esprit Radisson | Explorer; help found HBC |
| Medard Des Groseilliers | Explorer; help found HBC |
| Charles II | gave HBC a royal charter |
| Miles MacDonnell | issued Pemmican Proclamation |
| Lord Selkirk | Liberal democrat, wanted to help people from his home country by sending them to BNA |
| Duncan Cameron | appointed Grant as Captain of Métis |
| Robert Semple | burned Fort Gibraltar; led battle against Metis in Battle of Seven oaks (killed with 20 of his men) |
| Cuthbert Grant | captain of Metis, set out to make peace with NWC |
| George Simpson | new appointed head of HBC |
| James Craig | appointed governor of Lower Canada, openly anti-french |
| Robert Gourlay | a land agent, drew up a list of grievances, arrested and sent out of the colony |
| Lord John Russell | replied with “Ten Resolutions”; in charge of Colonial office in Britain |
| David Thompson | explorer; mapped Northwest |
| Frances Simpson | Georges wife /18 yr old cousin; announced she wouldn't socialize with any of the Metis wives or HBC employees -ended up isolated |
| John Christian Shultz | Orange order; organized “Canadian Party” to gain political control of the colony |
| Louis Riel | Metis; Lawyer; formed the national Metis Committee to fight for Metis’ rights (including land) |
| William McDougall | Lieutenant governor of the Northwest Territories; anti-frenc |
| Donald Smith | senior official of HBC sent to negotiate w/ riel; hammered the last spike on the CPR |
| Lord Sydenham | . |
| Joseph Howe | . |
| Thomas Douglas | . |
| Colin Robertson | . |
| Thomas Scott | . |
| Lawrence Clarke | . |
| Gabriel Dumont | . |
| Jay Cooke | . |
| Sir Hugh Allan | . |
| Alexander Mackenzie | . |
| Sanford Fleming | . |
| William Van Horne | . |
| Donald Smith | . |
| James Polk | . |
| John McLoughlin | . |
| James Douglas | . |
| Richard Seymour | . |
| Anthony Musgrave | . |
| Amor De Cosmos | . |
| Wilfred Laurier | . |
| Clifford Sifton | . |
| James Dunsmuir | . |
| Nelly McClung | . |
| Frank Oliver | . |
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