social chapter 9 Flashcards
in 1869, canada concluded an agreement with the hudson’s bay company and which european country to take possession of ruperts land
Britain
how much money did canada pay to the hbc for ruperts land
1.5 million
how many people living in ruperts land and northwest territory’s were consulted about this agreement ? (a few, many or all ?)
a few
what attracted people to the red river settlement
fertile land
by 1869, the majority of the people living at red river were what race of people ?
métis
what languages did these people speak?
half french, half english
by december 1869, the red river settlement faced many stresses. what were they ?
crop failure ( dry weather), swarms of grass hoppers, the buffalo were declining, etc
what happened in july 1869 that was particularly troubling for the people in the red river settlement
they began to measure the land into selections for settlement that would push the fur trade + the métis way of life off the land
what happened at the red river settlement in october 1869
louis riel stopped the surveyors from crossing his cousins farm
in november 1869, an official from the canadian government tried to enter ruperts land. what was his name
william mcdougall
what was his job going to be in the territory
lieutenant governor
what happened while he was on the way
métis volunteers set up a blockade and stopped him
the métis then took control of the hbc fort. what was the name of it?
fort gary
how many shots were fired as they took over the fort ?
0
what did the métis create at the fort in december 1869
a provisional government
what was the name of the declaration the métis wrote while they controlled the fort
declaration of the people of ruperts land + north west
who was chosen as president
louis riel
where was he born
at st boniface in the red river settlement
what nationality were his parents?
father - métis
mother - canadienne
where was he raised ?
in the francophone catholic community of st boniface
what did louis riel do when he was 14?
studied at the collage de montreal
what did he study ?
languages and sciences
what languages could he speak
english, french and cree
with the transfer of ruperts land to canada, what opportunity did riel see for the red river settlement
to establish red river as a province
if red river joined through confederation, what benefits would this give them?
give the settlement a provisional government with control of local affairs. also set conditions for joining canada like rights for francophone, catholics and métis
in december 1869, the métis formed a ____________ government without elections and chose ____________ as president
provisional, riel
two months later, he called elections. who did he try to get support from to continue as president
people at red river, francophones, anglophones, catholics and protestants
in february 1870, francophone + anglophone communities of red river each elected 20 representatives to the ___________ government. this time the president was __________
provisional, riel
after the métis took over fort garry, a group of settlers from ___________ tried to over throw the government. these settlers believed that ___________________ people should have power over other people
ontario, british protestant
in february 1870, the government at red river _____________ some of these settlers and tried them for _____________________
arrested, conspiring against authority
in march 1870, it convicted and __________ one of them. what’s his name ?
shot, tomas scott
how did the red river resistance end?
with the negotiations of the manitoba act
the government of canada and the provisional government at red river negotiated the manitoba act, which brought the settlements of red river into _________ as an officially _____________ (languages - the province of ___________
confederation, bilingual province,manitoba
in many ways the act was a ___________ because many people felt they had a stake in how the red river uprising was resolved
compromise
define “qualified voters”
permanent residents
why did many métis not meet the requirements to be qualified voters ?
because of the time they spent out of the province
soon after the red river resistance,many métis people left the red river settlement and headed
west
they established many communities, including the “south branch” communities along the
south branch of saskatchewan river
surveyor
a person whose job is to divide and mark land into separate pieces of property
provisional government
a temporary government formed when no other authority can establish legitimate control
coerce
to force
compromise
a course of action that balances the conflicting priorities of many groups or stakeholders
freight
to transport
land speculator
a person who buys up land with the intention of selling it to make a profit
epidemic
the infection of a large population by a disease
demographic change
change in the characteristics of a population
collective identity
the shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture
by the mid 1800s, overland transportation routes using the ____________ had become as important as river systems for freighting goods to and from western fur trade posts
red river cart
the __________ trail, between red river and fort edmonton, was a major route through the prairie
carlton
in the south branch communities, the _________ people from red river started over. they established ___________ and worked in the _________, providing __________ and ___________ to fort carlton and fort edmonton. they continued their annual _____________
métis, farms, fur trade, supplies, services, buffalo hunts
___________ now formally controlled the west, and had begun to demo its authority. it set up a police force for the territory in 1837, called the _________________. canada’s government had plans to build a ___________ across the west to bc
canada, north west mounted police, railway
The Metis at South Branch began to send __________ to the federal government, starting in the early 1870’s. Government Surveyers had already begun to arrive, and the Metis wanted recognition for the _____
petitions, Surveyers, farms and settlement they had established.
Land ____had also arrived. They marketed land along the route they thought the ____, to BC would go. The government original plan was to run the ____ between Winnipeg and Edmonton. Canada’s government granted one land company, the _______, huge tracts of land that included the _____settlements at South Branch, as if these communities didn’t exist.
Speculators, railway, railway, prince albert cononization company, Metis
The Metis sent petition after petition, asking to _____, but Canada’s government______. The dive to complete the railway had made Canada’s government____ to the concerns of _____people in the west, and of FN such as the _______and the _____
Correct these problems, didn’t respond, Deaf, Metis, Black foot Confederacy, Cree
