The Red River Resistance
What was the name of the land that Hudson's Bay Company sold to Canada?
Rupert's Land.
What new province was created by the Manitoba Act?
Manitoba.
Where did many Métis move to after the Red River Resistance?
South Branch.
What is the name of the final battle of the second Métis uprising?
The Battle of Batoche.
Who is Canada's first prime minister?
John A. Macdonald
What happened to Thomas Scott?
They wanted European settlers to settle the land. They wanted land to build a railway.
What was the Manitoba Act.
The act that brought the Red River Settlement into Confederation as an officially bilingual province.
Where did Louis Riel migrate to after leaving Manitoba?
Montana.
Who won the Battle of Batoche?
The Canadian government.
Who was the Métis leader during the two Métis uprisings?
Louis Riel
Why did the Canadian government want control of Rupert's Land?
They wanted European settlers to settle the land. They wanted land to build a railway.
What linguistic and religious rights did the Manitoba Act protect?
-Made French and English Manitoba's official languages
-Promised public funding for Catholic and Protestant schools
How did the loss of the buffalo affect the Métis way of life.
Hunting Buffalo was their traditional way of life. They did not have enough food.
How did the Canadian government respond to the second Métis uprising?
They sent 600 troops to march on the Métis and Cree resistance in South Branch.
What are the names of the 2 Cree chiefs that fought with the Métis during the second Métis uprising?
Poundmaker and Big Bear.
What are some reasons
They wanted European settlers to settle the land. They wanted land to build a railway from coast to coast.
How much land was promised to the Métis under the Manitoba Act?
No land was actually specified and put aside for the Métis. Métis had to exchange scrip in order to get land, and often, this was not the best farmland.
What is the name of the police force that was established in the North West Territories in 1873?
the North West Mounted Police.
What happened to Louis Riel, Poundmaker and Big Bear after the Battle of Batoche.
Louis Riel was executed. Poundmaker and Big Bear were imprisoned.
What is the name of the Métis man from the South Branch communities who went to go seek Louis Riel's help during the second Métis uprising.
Gabriel Dumont.
How did the Métis try to protect their land rights.
They stopped Canadian surveyors from entering their lands.
They set up a blockade to stop government officials from entering Red River.
They set up a provisional government and negotiated the Manitoba Act.
Did the Canadian government keep all of its promises under the Manitoba Act? Why or Why not?
Not really.
Canada gave good farmland away to British Protestant settlers moving West from Ontario, rather than to the Métis. Many were forced to move away.
It did not allow many Métis to vote in elections since they were not "permanent residents"
Macdonald sent troops to Red River, making many Métis feel unsafe.
Why did many métis leave Manitoba after 1870.
-They were being pushed off the land by settlers from Ontario
-The presence of troops in Red River made them feel unsafe
-They felt that Canada had not actually honoured the Manitoba Act
Why do some people see Louis Riel as a hero, and others see him as a traitor.
Hero: he was a champion for Métis, francophone, catholic and Indigenous rights. He fought bravely for what he believed in.
Traitor: he rebelled against the Canadian government twice. He chose to execute Thomas Scott, a Canadian citizen.
Who was the government official that was blocked from entering Red River by a Métis blockade during the Red River Resistance?
William McDougall.