Rebellion and Resistance
Who was the lieutenant-governor sent to Red River?
William McDougall
How did Macdonald persuade BC to join Confederation?
Promised a railway would be built to connect the east and west within 10 years.
A political scandal involving bribe money for the railway contract
Pacific Scandal
Where were the major gold rushes in British Columbia?
Fraser River Gold Rush and Cariboo Gold Rush
The Manitoba Act promised these two publicly funded schools
Protestant and Catholic
This group had to surrender during the Northwest Rebellion due to a shortage of supplies.
Métis and First Nations
Why was BC in debt when they joined Confederation?
Built roads and railways
Approximately ______________ railway labourers were Chinese.
17 000
People who rushed to gold strikes.
Stampeders
Lands turned over to settlers for the purpose of farming
A homestead
What was the Red River Resistance? (include what it was, who it was between, and why it happened)
Who: Métis and Canadian government
Where: Red River Colony (now Manitoba)
Why: over the sale of Rupert’s Land. The Métis were concerned about their rights, way of life, and cultural/economic well-being.
Métis formed a provisional government to negotiate with the Canadian government.
Tensions escalated when a survey crew arrived, which led to the Métis resisting. The Métis captured many Canadian officials
The Métis created the Bill of Rights to negotiate Manitoba’s entry into Confederation. The goal was to protect their language and culture.
This Act set up rules about how the land in Rupert’s Land was to be used. The Act aimed to encourage settlement in the west.
Dominion Lands Act OR Homestead Act
Who is the prominent individual in the Last Spike Photograph? What was his role in the railway?
It is a photo of Donald Smith (president of the Bank of Montreal and investor in the railway) driving in the spike that joined the lines from the east and west.
Gold rush in Yukon region (previously Northwest Territories), near the border of Alaska
Klondike Gold Rush
What were the three goals of the National Policy?
Name three reasons why Macdonald wanted to take over Rupert’s Land.
Feared US would take over
- With the purchase of Alaska, government of Canada was worried about the United States taking over that land
- Manifest Destiny
- Building railway across American west
Farmland in the west
Boost Canada’s economy
Name the year that the following provinces entered Confederation: Manitoba, BC, PEI, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.
1870: Manitoba
1871: BC
1873: PEI
1905: Alberta, Saskatchewan
1949: NFL
This was created to encourage peace and order in the Northwest Territory.
North-West Mounted Police
Name the two gold rushes that occurred in BC.
Cariboo and Fraser River
How did the outcome of the Northwest Rebellion lead to French-English tensions?
Métis were primarily French-speaking. When Riel was hanged, French were angry.
People with English background wanted Riel to be dealt with harshly.
The French wanted him to be regarded as a hero because he defended Catholic rights.
His sentence infuriated French, and support for the Conservative party dropped.
List three issues with the scrip process.
A way for the federal government to acquire Métis rights to land in the West.
Authorities could allocate new lands for Métis person anywhere within the province
Scrip had to be claimed at a Land Titles office - which were often hundreds of kilometers away from each other. This meant that some Métis families never received their land due to the distance they had to travel to the office
What did the Dominion Lands Act state?
Gave 160 acres of free land for male farmers if..
- Land was cultivated
- Permanent dwelling built in 3 years
- Paid $10 registration fee
The NWMP was created in this year
1873
Give 5 reasons how the railway influenced the development of Canada.
An agreement was reached between the Canadian and Japanese government that limited the number of Japanese immigrants arriving in Canada.
Gentlemen’s Agreement