Chapter Eleven: Britain's First Inland Colony:
Upper Canada, 1791-1815

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Question 1
Until the early 1780s, which First Nations lived in what is now southern Ontario ?
a. Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Algonquin
b. Ottawa and Mohawk
c. Mississauga and Iroquois
d. Ohio, Ojibwa, and Oneida

Question 2
Approximately how many Iroquois Loyalists came to upper Canada?
a. 650
b. 2000
c. 5500
d. 9000

Question 3
What could Loyalist settlers do well before the Constitutional Act of 1791 made it legal?
a. trade with the Thirteen Colonies
b. hold church offices
c. elect town and city officials
d. buy and sell land

Question 4
Who changed many of Upper Canada’s place names?
a. Frederick Haldimand
b. John Graves Simcoe
c. Patrick Campbell
d. David Ramsey

Question 5
Why did slavery not prosper in Upper Canada?
a. Owners had to feed, clothe, and house slaves through the long, unproductive winter.
b. The government introduced a tax that made the ownership of slaves unprofitable.
c. Many citizens abhorred slavery.
d. a and c

Question 6
What did the "Plain Folk" religious sects oppose?
a. killing of passenger pigeons
b. land ownership
c. war
d. abolition of slavery

Question 7
By the terms of Jay’s Treaty, the British had to
a. cede their claims in the Ohio region.
b. make peace with Amerindians on the north shore of Lake Ontario.
c. evacuate their forts on the south shores of the Great Lakes.
d. surrender certain possessions in the West Indies to the Americans in order to keep Upper Canada.

Question 8
At the outbreak of the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson believed that the American conquest of Canada
a. would go very smoothly.
b. would be harder than Madison believed.
c. would be a difficult, drawn-out conflict that would weaken both sides.
d. would not be successful unless America could get help from France.

Question 9
As a result of information delivered by Laura Secord, the British allies won the battle at
a. Queenston Heights.
b. Stoney Creek.
c. Lundy’s Lane.
d. Beaver Dams.

Question 10
What important effects did the War of 1812 have on the population of Upper Canada?
a. It promoted religious tolerance among the various settler groups and allowed them to freely mingle.
b. It engendered anti-American sentiment and promoted loyalty to Upper Canada.
c. It wiped out much of Upper Canada’s older farmer population, leading to the swifter introduction of modern farming methods.
d. It increased Upper Canada’s population, because much of the former American territory in the Great Lakes region was annexed by the province.

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