Vocabulary
A refugee is fleeing from their home country because it is unsafe. An immigrant is a person moving to a new country.
What was the Manitoba Act created in response to?
The Metis Bill of Rights
What is the National Policy?
It focused on immigration, transportation, and the economy.
Where was the largest Metis community developed?
Red River
A process by which a culture or individual is absorbed into another culture
Assimilation
What year did Manitoba become a province? What was the law that was passed that created the province?
1870
The Manitoba Act
Who played a key role in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia?
Chinese immigrants
What is pemmican? Why was it an important food?
It was dried buffalo meat mixed with fat and berries. It was important because it would keep for years.
A unique language that uses French, English, Cree, and Anishinaabe words
Michif
What was the Metis Bill of Rights?
It was a documented created by the Metis that requested that the Métis receive the same rights as other Canadians. It was sent to the Canadian government.
Who were the first three groups of newcomers to Western Canada?
1. The Ontarians
2. The Icelandic People
3. Mennonites (from Russia)
It was a temporary government created by the Metis people. It was created to help Metis people fight for their rights and identity.
What is treason?
The betrayal of one's country
What was only verbally promised to the Metis people?
They promised to grant a pardon to any Metis involved in the resistance.
A tariff is a tax placed on a product crossing the border. It was added to increase the cost of American made products. This would push Canadians to buy Canadian made goods.
What did Louis Riel feel was a good solution to protect the Métis and their interests within the Red River Settlement?
Establishing a provisional government so he could negotiate the terms of entering Confederation.
What is the Pemmican Proclamation?
Banned the Métis from exporting any meat, fish, or vegetables, from the Red River settlement
What were two terms of the Manitoba Act?
Manitoba would have their own provincial government
French and English spoken in government and court
4 Members of Parliament to HOC and 2 Senators to Senate
2 publicly funded schools: Protestant and Catholic (similar to Quebec)
560 000 hectares (5600 km2) set aside for Metis (Edmonton is 650km2 )
Natural resources remain federal jurisdiction (unclaimed land was owned by Ottawa)
What were two of the HUGE changes recapped at the end of chapter 9?
Grain replaced fur as the main export.
Farmer’s fields replaced buffalo.
The railway replaced canoes.
Trading posts turned into business centers.
In 1891, Manitoba and the North-West Territories population doubled to more than 281 000.
He was heading into a federal election. He had to make a decision on Louis Riel's sentence and knew he would lose votes either way. He had to choose between French and English influence.