British Columbia History up to 1871

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1. Which Sapnish explorer sailed in the waters off what is now British Columbia in 1774? Juan Rodríguez Juan Pérez Bruno Heceta Juan Fransisco de la Bodega y Quadra

2. Who was the first British explorer to reach what is now British Columbia? Alexander Mackenzie Captain George Vancouver Captain James Cook Simon Fraser

3. Which fur trading company controlled the fur trade in British Columbia after 1820? The Dominion Company The Northwest Company The Hudson's Bay Company The New Caledonia Company

4. Between 1850 and 1854, James Douglas signed 14 treaties with the "First Nations" on southern part of Vancouver Island. What are these treaties called? The Fort Victoria Treaties The James Douglas Treaties The Vancouver Island Treaties The Hudson's Bay Company Treaties

5. Which city was the captial of the colony of British Columbia from 1859 to 1868? Kamloops Vancouver Victoria New Westminster

6. Which British Columbia town was the centre of the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1862-1870? Wells Barkerville Quesnel Williams Lake

7. What tragedy befell the "First Nations" peoples on the coast of British Columbia in 1854? Smallpox epidemic Deportation Mass slaughter Famine

8. What was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island? New Westminster Nanaimo Victoria Comox

9. Who served as govenor of the colony of British Columbia from 1858 to 1864? James Douglas Amor De Cosmos Frederick Seymour Richard Blanshard

10. What happened in the Bute Inlet Massacre of 1864? 6 white men killed 12 Chilcotins 6 Chilcotins killed 12 white men 12 Chilcotins killed 18 white men 12 white men killed 18 Chilcotins