Red River Rebellion
Louis Riel
Manitoba Act
Metis Rights
Vocabulary
100

The main reason why settlers were attracted to the Red River Settlement and wanted to migrate there

What is fertile land?

100

Louis Riel's mother was _______ and his father was _______

What is Francophone and Metis?

100

The Manitoba Act was a _________ because there were multiple stakeholders involved?

What is a compromise?

100

The place where the Metis migrated to after the Battle of Batoche

What is Alberta?

100

To force someone to do something

What is Coerce?

200

Louis Riel saw an opportunity to establish Red River as a ________ and to join confederation

What is province?

200

The penalty given to Louis Riel for high treason

What is Execution or Hanging?

200

What was the main reason the Manitoba Act changed in 1890 (hint: think of the Manitoba School Act)

What is due to Demographic Change?

200

The Metis wanted a government that would protect which type of religion and language?

What is French and Catholic?

200

A person that is half Indigenous and half European decent

Who is Metis?

300

The Americans primary goal during the Red River Rebellion

What is to take control of Rupert's Land?

300

The person that Louis Riel could have chosen to spare but chose not to

Who is Thomas Scott?

300

The group of people that the Canadian government deemed were not citizens 

Who are the First Nations?

300

An example of European influence on the Metis 

What is the French language?

300

A person whose job is to mark and divide land

What is a surveyor?

400

The three groups involved in the agreement to transfer Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada?

What is Canada, Britain and Hudson's Bay Company?

400

Louis Riel was president of a __________ government 

What is provisional?

400

The main reason why the Ontario people were against the Manitoba Act

What is it gave the French Catholics too much power

400

Two reasons the Metis felt justified in going against the Canadian government

What is they were not consulted and they believed they had sacred rights to the land?

400

A course of action that balances the conflicting interests of stakehoulders

What is Compromise?

500

BONUS (this will not be on your test):

The lieutenant governor that the Metis blocked and The name of the Fort the Metis annexed during the Red River Rebellion?

Who is William McDougal and Fort Gary?

500

BONUS: (this will not be on your test)

The two other First Nations chiefs that supported Louis Riel during the second uprising

Who is Big Bear and Poundmaker?

500

BONUS: (this will not be on your test)

The main thing that Jon A MacDonald wanted out of the Manitoba Act

What is to build a railway with as little resistance as possible?

500

BONUS: (this will not be on your test)

The name of the piece of paper Metis people were given to buy land with 

What is scrip?

500

A temporary government formed when no authority can establish legitimate control

What is a Provisional Government?

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