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Chapter 6 Vocab
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12/16/2010

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Oregon territory
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Land claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. This was an ongoing dispute until the Treaty of 1846, which set the boundary at the 49th parallel, where it is today.
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Columbia River
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the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada
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George Simpson
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was a Scots-Quebecer and employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). His title was Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land
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John Mcloughlin
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was the Chief Factor of the Columbia Fur District of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver
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54 40'N
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The parallel 54°40′ north forms the southernmost boundary between the U.S. State of Alaska and the Canadian Province of British Columbia
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James Douglas
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was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor on Vancouver Island in northwestern North America
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Fort Vancouver
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was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company in the company's Columbia District
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Fort Victoria
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fur trading post for the Hudsons Bay Company
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James Polk
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was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849)
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54 40 or fight
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In 1844, James K. Polk was elected president with the slogan “54’40 or fight!” This slogan also showed the British that the United States was prepared for war if they did not turn over all of Oregon.
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49th Parallel
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The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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Royal Navy
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is the navy of the United Kingdom. It is the oldest part of the British fighting forces.
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Amelia Douglas
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Douglas married the daughter of New Caledonia's Chief Factor William Connolly, Amelia
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Landed Gentry
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is a traditional British and Irish social class, consisting of "gentlemen" in an early sense
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Douglas Treaties
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as chief factor of Fort Victoria and governor of the colony, made a series of fourteen land purchases from aboriginal peoples
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Yosemite
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Nation Park In California
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Strait of Georgia
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a strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast
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Royal Engineers
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is one of the corps of the British Army.
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Cariboo Road
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was a project initiated in 1860 by the colonial Governor of British Columbia, James Douglas
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Bakerville
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gold rush town in the Cariboo in British Columbia
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Service Town
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a town that provides service for people
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Fredrick Seymour
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was a colonial administrator. He served as the second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866
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Anthony Musgrave
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was a colonial administrator and governor
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Sanford Felming
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was a colonial administrator and governor
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New Westminster
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was founded as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia
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Burrand Inlet
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is a relatively shallow-sided coastal fjord in southwestern British Columbia, Canada
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Toothpicks
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logs that were free of knots and measured 21 meters long and 4 meters in diameter
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Gassy Jack
Definition
Candian Bar owner in a gastown town in Vancouver BC
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Port Moody
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town with a station on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission
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Port Moody
Definition
town with a station on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission
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David Oppenheimer
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was a successful entrepreneur, the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
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Contractor
Definition
one who supplies workers
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Head Tax
Definition
a tax imposed on each person entering a country
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