Ch 26-2
Self-Rule for British Colonies
26.2-Self-Rule for British Colonies.pdfGroup Discussions
How did the treatment of native people by the British settlers in Australia and New Zealand compared with the actions of British settlers in North America?
Analyzing issues: What led to self rule for the British colonies in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and what form did their government take? Think about growing populations, economic changes, and political choices and reforms.
Comparing and contrasting: How are the histories of Australia and New Zealand similar and different? Think about Native peoples, which settlers came and why, and self-government.
Focus & Motivate
Ask students what they know about the relationship between Great Britain and Ireland today.
Objective:
Describe how Canada achieved self-rule.
Explain how Australia and New Zealand became democracies.
Describe British domination of Ireland.
WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading
EQ: How did the treatment of native people by British settlers in Australia and New Zealand compare with the actions of the British settlers in North America?
Canada struggles for self-rule
French and English Canada
The Durham report
the Dominion of Canada
Canada's westward expansion
Australia and New Zealand
Britain's penal colony
Free settlers arrived
Settling New Zealand
Self-government
Status of native people
The Irish win home rule
The Great Famine
Demands for home rule
Rebellion and Division
Vocabulary:
Dominion
Nation in the British Empire allowed to govern its own domestic affairs
Maori
Polynesian people who settled in New Zealand
Aborigine
Native people of Australia
Penal Colony
Place where convicts are sent to serve their sentences as an alternative prison
Home Rule
Local control over domestic affairs
Irish Republican Army
Unofficial military force seeking independence
Critical Thinking
What remnant of the division between Upper and Lower Canada still exist?
How was Canada's relationship to Great Britain different from the US relationship?
How are the political reforms pioneered in Australia and New Zealand related to democratic reforms in Great Britain?
How are the fates of Aborigines and Maori similar to that of the indigenous people of the United States?
Why did England's law for Ireland focus on religious differences in the 1500 and 1600?
Why might Britain have been more reluctant to grant home rule to Ireland than to its other colonies?
