development of the Canadian federation

Question 1

in 1867, which provinces were apart of canada?

Answer 1

nova Scotia, new brunswick, Quebec, Ontario

Question 2

when did the northwest territories and Manitoba join canada?

Answer 2

1870

Question 3

when did bc join?

Answer 3

1871

Question 4

when did pei join?

Answer 4

1873

Question 5

why did the government want to get lands to the west?

Answer 5

offer new canadiens a place to stay, create a larger area for economics, to protect undefended lands of the west from American expansionism

Question 6

which lands did canada purchase, from who for how much?

Answer 6

Ruperts land and north west territories from the Hudsons bay company and for 1.5 million dollars

Question 7

what did the Ruperts land and the north west territories become?

Answer 7

they merged and became north west territories

Question 8

when Canada canada got these lands, who was there?

Answer 8

the indigenous people, the Metis and some colonists

Question 9

where did 10,000 Metis live?

Answer 9

in the red river region (southern Manitoba)

Question 10

who were the Metis?

Answer 10

they had both European and aboriginal blood.

Question 11

what religion were the Metis?

Answer 11

francophone catholics

Question 12

what did the Metis eat?

Answer 12

bison, hunting, farming and fur trade

Question 13

were the Metis happy with the arrival of the new colonists?

Answer 13

no- they thought they would lose their way of life and land

Question 14

what did the canadian gvt do with the land that the metis were settled on?

Answer 14

they wanted to take those lands and divide them into grants

Question 15

what is a grant?

Answer 15

land or territory given to a person who is responsible for working it

Question 16

why did the metis form the national committee of metis?

Answer 16

because the metis were scared that the anglophone colonists would try and take their land

Question 17

who was the head of the committee of metis?

Answer 17

Louis riel

Question 18

what was the objective of the national committee?

Answer 18

to defend the metis territorial rights and safeguard their culture

Question 19

what did the metis demand from the canadian gvt?

Answer 19

that their territorial, religious and language rights were recognized

Question 20

what did the metis set up?

Answer 20

a provincial gvt

Question 21

who was captured and hung by the metis?

Answer 21

Thomas Scott who was an English protestant canadian

Question 22

what was the Manitoba act?

Answer 22

creation of Manitoba

Question 23

what did the canadian gvt promise to the metis?

Answer 23

they got their land and the regognition pf their language and religion

Question 24

what did the English Canadians do in Manitoba?

Answer 24

took over the gvt, took the metis land, abolished some French catholic rights including the right to separate schools

Question 25

how come the French catholics became a small part of the population?

Answer 25

many metis left

Question 26

why was there less fishing and hunting in the territory of the metis?

Answer 26

because many colonists came and they extended the railway which affected the fishing and hunting

Question 27

who led the second rebellion?

Answer 27

Louis riel again

Question 28

since many English canadiens were mad about the rebellion, what did they do?

Answer 28

they sent troops to capture batoche (where the metis lived)

Question 29

what was the consequence to the metis uprisings?

Answer 29

it divided the French and English