Unit 2

Towards Confederation

  Skill Builders Targets

Chapter 6 Overview

In Chapter 6, you will develop an understanding of Canada’s identity from 1763 to 1850.

You will learn how the rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies led to migration of Loyalists to Canada and how the War of 1812 and rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada led to changes in Canada and its identity.
Then, you will see how the Constitutional Act, the Act of Union, and responsible government laid the foundation for Canadian government and for Canadian identity.
At the end of this chapter, you will develop a presentation of Canada’s identity from the perspective of First Nations, French, or British.

At the end of Chapter 6, you should be able to answer the following questions:


  1. Why did people in British North America want government that was more democratic, and how did this produce challenges for them?
  2. How did the War of 1812 and its political consequences as well as the rebellions of 1837 affect the developing Canadian identity?
You will use Chapter 6: Becoming Canada of the textbook, Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.

  • Lesson 1: pages 122 to 130
  • Lesson 2: pages 131 to 132
  • Lesson 3: pages 133 to 142
  • Lesson 4: pages 143 to 144


You can connect your ideas about Canadian identity to your own personal identity. Our personal identity begins with our own families and family heritages.

  1. Complete the following document, Personal Identity Inventory, to help learn about your own personal identity.

    Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.

  2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
      • You will then be able to view the Personal Identity Inventory worksheet.


Document: Personal Identity Inventory

Click here to download a Word doc
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Watch

Click the link to watch the video clip, "Development of Personal Identity".

You may have noticed the following interesting comments from this video:

  1. Moments define us.

  2. Events allow us to see what we value and hold dear to us.

Think about these ideas in the context of your own identity.
development of personal identity