HBC trader who made peace with the Metis and the NWC and was able to re-establish a colony in the Red River Colony
What is the man named Colin Robertson
100
A well-educated lawyer and an excellent orator who assumed leadership of the Metis in 1868 and formed the Metis National Committee to fight for Metis concerns. He siezed amunitions from a fort, set up a provisional government and drew up a List of Rights to protect Metis rights.
What is Louis Riel
100
Who was involved in the Battle of the Seven Oaks?
What is the NWC and the Metis
200
a country that rules itself
What is a dominion
200
someone who acts as a dealer between two parties who want to exchange goods
What is a middleman
200
a 'hands-on' businessman who was put in charge of the HBC and its territory. He became an outcast because of his unkind and autocratic ways (and because his wife refused to socialize with the Metis)
What is the man named George Simpson
200
Chief trader for the NWC who retaliated against Macdonell's new colony by burning settlers' buildings and trampling their crops, convinced many to leave, arrested Macdonell AND put him on trial!
What is the man named Duncan Cameron
200
Who led the NWC in the Battle of Seven Oaks?
What is the man named Robert Semple
300
a kind of flatbread
What is bannock
300
people in authority ranked from top to bottom
What is hierarchy
300
the MOST beligerent member of the Canadian Party who loudly publicized his anti-Metis views and threatened the life of Louis Riel. (eventually executed by the one and only Louis Riel...)
What is the man named Thomas Scott
300
Ex-militia officer who led a group of labourers and their families to the Red River Valley to set up a colony; facing starvation, he issued the Pemmican Proclomation that banned the sale and export of pemmican from the Red River Valley
What is the man named Miles Macdonell
300
How many men were killed in the Battle of the Seven Oaks?
What is the number 28
400
to carry from one body of water to another
What is to portage
400
someone who looks for skilled employees on behalf of a company
What is a headhunter
400
He led a group of Metis on a raid and seized a supply of pemmican from the HBC (they viewed this as reasonable compensation for what was lost due to the Pemmican Proclomation!)
What is the man named Cuthbert Grant
400
New governor of the Selkirk colony who attacked a NWC post and convinced the Metis the colonists intended to make war with them
What is Robert Semple
400
The employees in this company did not share in the company's profits
What is the HBC
500
someone who buys and sells land for profit
What is land speculator
500
someone who fought for the rights of the underprivileged in the 19th century
What is a liberal democrat
500
He took over the only newspaper in the Red River Settlement, the NorWester, and published anti-Metis articles, and he organized a small group of anti-Metis supporters into the Canadian Party
What is the man named John Schultz
500
The director of the HBC who wanted to develop a farming colony in the Red River Valley with crofters from Scotland to benefit them!
What is the Lord named Lord Selkirk
500
The company that was based on partnerships, where all members shared in the company's profits