Social Studies Chp 4 The North West
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- Why was the Red River Rebellion important to Canada?
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- led to List of Rights
- which led to the Manitoba Act
- which created the Province of Manitoba 1869 (2 years after B.N.A)
-- recognition of aboriginal title - What was the bison hunt?
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- organized hunt by the Metis?
- ritual
- source of food, clothing
- was basis of Metis income (pemmican)
- strictly regulated = governed - Who was Thomas Scott?
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- Memember of the Canadian Party
- Memember of the Orange order
- Executed by order of Louis Riel
- Threatened Louis Riel
- viewed as a martyr by Protestant Canadians - What was the Pemmican Proclamation of 1841?
- Proclamation issued by McDougal. It stopped the Metis from selling Pemmican to the Northwest Company. Led to the Battle of the Seven Oaks.
- What is a Dominion?
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-- A country that rules itself
-- Can be part of monarchy
- List 5 impacts the Fur Trade had on Native People
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Disrupted way of life:
- Less time for securing own food and clothing
- Increased reliance on European goods
- Creation of Metis
- Disease: measles small pox,
- Alcoholism - Who was Cuthbert Grant?
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- another leader of Metis
- ambused supply of HBC Pemmican
- saw it as compensation for Pemmican Proclamation
- later hired by George Simpson/ HBC
- see page 149 for details - What type of currency did the HBC use?
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"Made Beaver"
- everything was judged in relation to the pelt of one adult male beaver. - Who was the Earl of Selkirk and why is he important to Canada?
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-- Thomas Douglas
-- developed Red River colony for Scottish 1812
-- director of HBC
-- began the European settlement of the West
-- "catalyst" for creation of Manitoba - What was Rupert's Land?
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- Rupert's land covered all the rivers that drained into the Hudson Bay.
- Granted to H.B.C by Charles II.
- Sold to Dominion of Canada in - What was the List of Rights?
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- list of rights to protect Metis interest.
- Drafted during Red River Rebellion.
- What was the NWC's strategy to make money?
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- They would go to the Native People before they reached the H.B.C
- Added forts inland. - What is a provisional government?
- a temporary government
- Who were the Metis?
- The Metis are the decendants of French Fur traders of the NWC and Native women.
- Who was John Schultz?
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- settler in Red River
-- owned Newspaper
-- Member of Orange Order
-- Anti- Catholic/ Anti-French
-- used newspaper to attack Metis
-- Organized the Canadian Party.
- What was the seignerial pattern?
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- the long-lot pattern of the seigneuries of New France
- used by Metis
- pattern ignored by land surveyors - Who was Robert Semple?
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-- governor of Selkirk's colony in Red River
-- led the colonists side in the Battle of Seven Oaks.
-- Died in the battle. - Why did the Metis do better than the Plains Native People?
- The Plains native people relied mainly on the bison for food,clothing, tools and culture. They did not farm. The Metis farmed and traded.
- What was the Red River Settlement?
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-- a settlement established by the Earl of Selkirk (in Southern Manitoba)
-- help evicted Scottish farmers/ crofters make a new life
-- provide food for the HBC - What was the Red River Rebellion of 1869?
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1) Metis Rebellion that protested
- Sale of Rupert's Land without consultation
- Surveyors ignored Metis seigneural plot
- Land speculators selling Metis land to settlers.
- What is the NWC?
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- North West Trading Company
- Operated west of Rupert's Land
- Mostly French - What was a "Montrealer"?
- Another name for the employees of the HBC?
- What was HBC's trading policy?
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- "Stay By the Bay."
- if they stayed by the Hudson Bay and wait for the furs Native people to arrive, they would save money on travel and expenses. - What is the HBC?
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- The Hudson Bay Company.
- Oldest company in Canada
- Owned Rupert's land
- English owned
- Founded in 1670
- What is a hierarchy?
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- People in authority ranked from top to bottom.
- Ex. Owner --> Manager --> supervisor --> labourer - Who was Louis Riel?
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- Educated leader of the Metis
- led Red River Rebellion
- Father of "Manitoba"
- elected M.P for province of Manitoba.
- lived in Exile after R.R. Reb
- Executed after N.W. Rebellion