Which agreement involved debt settlement allowing western regions to join Confederation, benefiting Alberta and Saskatchewan?

• A. Alberta Act, Saskatchewan Act
• B. Second Metis Uprising of 1885
• C. Mercantalism
• D. Voyageur

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how western regions joined Confederation through a debt-into-provincial arrangement. The Alberta Act and Saskatchewan Act were the laws that created the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905 and included how the federal government would handle existing debts and assets from the western territories. By agreeing to assume or settle those debts, the federal government made it financially feasible for these new provinces to come into Confederation and establish their own governments and representation in Parliament. That debt settlement is the key reason these acts fit the question.

The other options don’t fit because they refer to something else: a Métis uprising, which is a rebellion; mercantilism, a long-ago economic theory; and voyageurs, fur-trade workers. These are not about agreements that enabled western territories to join Confederation.