Comprehension Check:
Did you understand the story? Are these sentences true?
1. Sir John A. Macdonald was born in Scotland. Yes or no? YES
2. The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867. Yes or no? NO
3. Sir John A. Macdonald was the Prime Minister of Canada from
1867 to 1891. Yes or no? YES
4. Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
joined together to form the Dominion of Canada. Yes or no? YES
5. There were twenty six Fathers of Confederation. Yes or no? NO
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in the Blanks:
6. Sir John A. Macdonald grew up in Kingston which was in ________Upper___
Canada.
7. There were two __________conferences______ in 1864, one in
Charlottetown and one in Quebec City.
8. Sir John A. Macdonald died just after the ______election_______
in 1891.
9. Sir John A. Macdonald was ____appointed______________ as the
first Prime Minister.
10. The Fathers of Confederation helped to decide what system of
______government________ Canada would have.
11. The laws of a country are part of the ____legal__________
system of that country.
Sir John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He
was one of the 34 fathers of Confederation and brought the Dominion of Canada
to meet in the conferences in 1864 to make plans to unite the provinces. They
made decisions to set up the government system and legal system. When Canada
became a country he was appointed as the first Prime Minister. He was the Prime
Minister of Canada from 1867 to 1891 and then again between 1878 and 1891 until
he died on 6 June 1891.
