Midterm 2 Flashcards
When and where did the first Métis communities emerge around?
The 1690s, by the Great Lakes
What is the Métis language and what does it consist of?
“Mitchif”, formed by mixing French nouns with Cree and Ojibwa verbs and syntax.
When and where was the Battle of Seven Oaks? What was it about and who was involved?
June 19th of 1816, a few km away from Fort Douglas. About Pemmican and was between the North West Company/Métis and the Hudson’s Bay Company.
What caused the NWC and HBC to merge? When did the merge occur?
The Battle of Seven Oaks and the lawsuits that followed it. They merged in 1821.
When did the Manitoba Act come into effect? What did it do?
The summer of 1870. Stated that Manitoba was a province of the Dominion rather than a territory ruled by Ottawa. It was the first act to give recognition to the Métis people.
When and where was the first paper scrip issued?
July of 1876 in Manitoba.
What happened to the Métis population by 1884?
Two thirds of Métis people moved out of Manitoba and, mostly, into Saskatchewan and Alberta.
When was the Seven Years War?
1756 to 1763
When was the Royal Proclamation? Who was it issued by and what did it do?
- King George the third. It created the province of Quebec, and made it clear that all land belonged to the Crown, and only the Crown could extinguish ‘Indian’ title. It also initiated the procedure of signing land-surrender treaties between the British and the Native peoples of North America.
When what the Quebec Act? What did it do?
- The two goals of the British that they had with the Quebec Act was 1) to keep French Canadians neutral in the coming uprising in the Thirteenth Colonies, and 2) to keep Indigenous people on the side of the British. The Quebec Acts was one the “Intolerable Acts” which were a direct cause of the American Revolution.
When and what was the Treaty of Paris?
- The Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolution.
When and what was the Constitutional/Canada Act?
- Divided Quebec into the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The division allowed United Empire Loyalist settlers and British immigrants in Upper Canada to have English laws and institutions, and the French-speaking population of Lower Canada to maintain French civil law and the Catholic religion.
When was the Act of Union 1840, and what did it do?
- Joined Upper and Lower Canada to form the province of Canada.
When and what was the Jay Treaty?
- Signed between the USA and Britain, established Saint-Croix River as the boundary between USA and Canada. It acknowledged First Nations’ rights to unimpeded travel throughout their traditional territories. It is not recognized in Canada.
