Metis Resistance
What 3 languages did Louis Riel speak?
Cree, French and English
Why were the Numbered Treaties created?
Canada wanted the land many First Nations lived on to build the railway
How many Chinese immigrants helped to build the railway?
15,000-20,000
The Red River Settlement was located in which province today?
Manitoba
What happened to Louis Riel after the Second Metis Uprising?
He was hanged
What type of government did the Metis form in the Red River Resistance?
Provisional government
How did the Canadian Government provide the education that they promised the First Nations in the treaties?
Residential schools
What was the Chinese head tax and how much was it?
Why did some of the Metis people want to create the province of Manitoba?
They wanted their own elected government and thought this would help protect Metis and French rights
What was a major cause of both of the Metis rebellions?
Canada building the railway through Metis lands
Who led each resistance?
Red River - Louis Riel
Second - Gabriel Dumont
What treaty number is Edmonton in?
Treaty 6
What are 3 countries that many immigrants came from to help settle the west?
Russia, Poland, Ukraine
What are some things the Manitoba Act did? (at least 2)
Created Manitoba, made French and English the official languages, made Catholic and Protestant schools, recognized Metis rights to land, recognized First Nations rights to land
What was the name of the battle in the Second Metis Uprising where Canada defeated the Metis?
Battle of Batoche
How did the Red River Resistance AND the Second Metis Uprising end?
Red River - Manitoba Act
Second Uprising - Canada defeated Metis in battle
What were 2 major differences in the way the First Nations and the Canadian government viewed the treaties?
Oral vs written, Sharing vs Owning, Permanent vs Temporary
Why was the NWMP created and what did they help do?
Created after a massacre of 36 FN, helped to establish peace and control the west
Why was the Manitoba School Act created?
Demographic Change - The population of Canada went from mostly French people to English
What were the 3 parts to John A Macdonald's National Policy?
Promote Canadian Industry, Settle the West, Build the Railway
What was one of the biggest differences in how the Second Metis Uprising was handled compared to the Red River Resistance?
List at least 5 things the Numbered Treaties promised the First Nations
Education, Healthcare, Farming Assistance, Annual Payments, Reservations, Rights to hunting and fishing
What did the Northwest-Territories Act do, and what 2 provinces were created after this?
It gave the NWT their own elected assembly, Saskatchewan and Alberta were created after
What did the Manitoba School Act do?
It undid a lot of what the Manitoba Act did and got rid of French/Catholic schools, and made English the only official language of the province
Name the order that the provinces joined Confederation in that we have learned
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, BC, Alberta & Saskatchewan