Chapter 4-Opening Up The West Flashcards

1
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Hierarchy

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People in authority ranked from top to bottom

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2
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Montrealers

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People from Montreal

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3
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Middle men

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Someone who acts as a dealer between two parties who want to exchange goods

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4
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Voyageurs

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French Canadians who transported goods in canoes

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5
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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sexual relashionships

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Seigneurial pattern

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The long-lot pattern of the seigneuries of New France

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7
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Liberal Democrat

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In the 19th century, someone who fought for the rights of the underprivileged

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Muzzle loader

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Any firearm loaded with muzzle

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9
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Canada west

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Upper Canada after the Act of Union 1841

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10
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Orange order

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An Irish Protestant and political society

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11
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Land speculators

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Someone who buys and sells land for a profit

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12
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Dominion

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A country that rules itself

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13
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Munitions

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Military weapons

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14
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Diversity

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To branch out

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15
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Provisional government

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A temporary government

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16
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Autocratic

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In a manner of absolute power

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17
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Ray Mears

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Pretended to live the life of a voyageur

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18
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Who started the HBC

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Radisson and Groseilliers

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19
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Who issued the pemmican proclamation?

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Miles McDonell

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20
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When the joined HBC started operations who was ‘little emperor’?

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George Simpson

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21
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Who was the prime minister at the time this was happening?

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John A. MacDonald

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22
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Who was Thomas Scott?

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Belligerent member of the Canadian Party.

Executed because he published anti-Metis views and physically and emotionally abused his guards

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23
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Who was Dr. Christian Schultz?

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One of the first immigrants in Canada West. Had an uncompleted medical degree. He opened a general store and took over the newspaper the NorWester
Started the Canadian Party

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24
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Who was a politician that stood up for the Metis and was Metis

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Louis Riel

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25
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What three things did Louis start?

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Provisional government, Metis Bill of Rights and the National Committee of the Metis

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26
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Who was the head person at fort Garry?

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William McTavish

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27
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Who was sent by John A MacDonald to become Lieutenant Governor?

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William McDougall

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28
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Who started the Selkirk Settlement?

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Thomas Douglas- 5th Earl of Selkirk

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29
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Who were the Scottish colonists led by when they burned down Metis fort- fort Gibraltar?

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Robert Semple

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30
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Who were the Metis led by when they raided HBC boats on the Assiniboine River?

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Cuthbert Grant

31
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Who were the 5 groups of the Northwest?

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1) Ojibwa
2) Assiniboine
3) Cree
4) chipewayan
5) Inuit

32
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What were the First Nations jobs?

A

Middlemen
Trappers
Guides
Traders

NWC
Wives

33
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What were the 7 impacts of the fur trade on the First Nations People

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1) traditional hunting practices abounded to supply furs
2) Traditional skills neglected and sometimes lost
3) affected by prices and demands
4) liquor introduced as a trade good
5) species endangered due to fur trade
6) diseases introduced especially smallpox
7) European goods incorporated into First Nations everyday life

34
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What was HBC originally built around

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Beaver pelts

35
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Why were beaver pelts in demand

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Made great hats which was a sign of status

36
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Who set up in the east and in the north

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French in the east

English in the north

37
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What were the Earliest fur traders were known as runners in the woods or courier debouis

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runners in the woods or courier debouis

38
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What native technology made the fur trade possible and the most important aspect of the fur trade the Europeans would adopt from the First Nations?

A

Birch bark canoes

39
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What are examples of trade goods?

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Traps
Kettles
Axes
Muskets 
Tomahawks (most popular item)
40
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As the fur trade grew what was made to make more profit?

A

Montreal canoe

41
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What are portages?

A

Transporting a canoe by carrying it between rivers

42
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Who owns the land where the Assiniboine and the Res Rivers meet and who are squatters?

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HBC own the land

Metis and NWC are squatters

43
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How did the fields and fences threaten the Nor’westers?

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Food supply and trade routes

44
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What did Cameron urge the Metis to do?

A

Destroy the settlement (guerrilla warfare)

45
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After the battle of seven oaks what was the joined companies named?

A

HBC

46
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Why was George Simpson a little emperor?

A
  • in six years got rid of half the employees, closed 73 posts
  • took country wives
  • marries his cousin Francis Simpson (she was 18 he was 40)
  • has character book
47
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Why were the Metis upset with HBC and the surveyors

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Had no legal claim to the land but felt they had the right to it

48
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Why did Canada purchase Rupert’s land?

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To create a dominion

49
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What did MacDonald do after the act was passed to create Manitoba

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Sent in a force of 1200 men under Colonel Wolseley to keep the peace until the transfer to a new provincial government

50
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What was MacDonald’s reaction to riel and the Metis after Schultz was taken hostage?

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He rushed to negotiate or recognize Riel

51
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When did Canada want to take over Rupert’s Land?

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When the HBC lease on Rupert’s Land was about to expire

52
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Despite not having claim to the area, what does McDougall do?

A

Crosses the boarder and reads his proclamation out loud

53
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When Riel seizes and locks up Schultz’s men what does Riel claim?

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The end of HBC control over all of Rupert’s Land

54
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What types of members were in Riel’s provisional government?

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French and English members

55
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What was Thomas Scott

A

An Orangeman

56
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What were the items that MacDonald and Cartier were meeting to discuss?

A

Responsible government
A province of their own
Provisions for separate schools for Catholics

57
Q

Manitoba was declared Canada’s _____ province

A

5th

58
Q

After the transfer how much land mass has the Dominion of Canada acquired?

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2.3 million square miles (30 times the size of Britain)

59
Q

Who were voyageurs?

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Paddlers for NWC and many were married to Native women

60
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By the 19th century many people of the Northwest were of ________

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European-Native Descent (Metis)

61
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The country born and the Metis spoke what language? And where did they settle?

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Algonquian and French

Red River Valley

62
Q

What provinces and states does the Red River Valley include? (6)

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Saskatchewan 
Ontario
Manitoba
North Dakota
South Dakota
63
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What are saddle horses?

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Pulled carts to herd bison

64
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What are buffalo runners?

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Experienced huntsmen

65
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Who did the Metis sell Pemmican to?

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HBC and NWC traders

66
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What is enclosure? And where did the displaced people go?

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The act of closing farmland and a change to sheep raising

To emigrate to BNA

67
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Who was Thomas Douglas-5th Earl of Selkirk and what did he do?

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  • former director of HBC
  • brought displaced farmers to Rupert’s Land
  • HBC owned Rupert’s Land
  • convinced HBC to give him 300,000 of land in southern Rupert’s Land
68
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What did MacDonell insist the NWC employees due in six months

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Vacate all their posts in the Red River Valley

69
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Who fought in the battle of seven oaks

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Semple (colonists) and Grant (Metis and NWC).

Grant won

70
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Who did Selkirk make a treaty with in the spring of 1817? What were the terms of the treaty?

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Ojibwa and Cree
Selkirk would gain possession of the Red River Valley land the Red River and Assiniboine River
Selkirk payment to Metis and NWC was 100 pounds of tabaco a year

71
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What are two reasons the HBC and NWC?

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1) both suffering financially due to lawsuits over the Red River Colony
2) resource base depleted

72
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Why did George Simpson leave the Red River?

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George’s 18 year wife was racist and would not socialize with the Metis. Left isolated and after losing infant son they left for England

73
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What did people do in the Red River Valley?

A
Scottish farms provided HBC food
Metis contributed to bison hunt 
Country born had white collar jobs
Women worked harder than men
Women baked bannock for their large families