Red+River+Rebellion

__**Louis Riel and the Red River**__ __**Rebellion**__  __**Resistance**__ In 1868, the Hudson's Bay Company lease on Rupert's Land expired. Part of this land was along the Red River where Native People, Metis, and the Selkirk Settlers lived.


 * Look at the cartoon on page 215. Why was it urgent for Prime Minister Macdonald to annex Rupert's Land?   ||

 The transfer of the land from HBC to Canada was set for December 1    st    , 1869. In anticipation of the change, Louis Riel set up the National Committee of the Metis to speak for Metis rights in the region.

There were two major groups in Red River. Read page 217 and summarize what each group wanted?
 *  Canada Party    ||    Metis     ||

Read page 218:
 * Who was William McDougall and why did he come to Red River?   ||

Read page 220 about the negotiations between the Canadian government and the Metis Provisional government.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What is a provisional government and why did Louis Riel set it up?   ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What was the purpose of the Metis List of Rights?   ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Read about the death of Thomas Scott on page 221.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What were the reactions of the following groups to the death of Thomas Scott?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Metis    ||   <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Ontario Protestants     ||   <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Quebec Catholics     ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">After acquiring Rupert's Land from _________________ in _______, the Metis negotiated that the area around ______________ become a province with the same rights as the four others. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Therefore, in ______ Parliament passed the Manitoba Act which cut a small square out of the _____________ Territories. Manitoba became a province with certain rights and the rest of the land remained under Federal government control for now.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Describe how Manitoba was born out of violence and rebellion.   ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Timeline
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1868 ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1869 ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1870 ||  ||