Review Walkabout Q & A

1.  The Evolution of the Northwest

a.  Give the name for the territory the HBC acquired from Britain in 1670.

RUPERT’S LAND

b.  The HBC “granted” this territory to Selkirk:

ASSINIBOIA – “Selkirk’s Grant”

c.  By the time Riel fled to the United States the territory entered as the fifth the province of Canada.  Name that Province.

MANITOBA

2.  The “Mixed” Ones

a.  What is the ancestry of someone who is Métis?

FRENCH - NATIVE

b.  What is religion are they affiliated with? 

ROMAN CATHOLIC

c.  Identify the name given to the first skirmish between the Métis and Settlers. 

BATTLE OF SEVEN OAKS – 25/28 OF THE SETTLERS KILLED; 1 METIS DIED
3.  Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?

a.  Identify the name of the above individual.

LOUIS RIEL – FATHER OF MANITOBA;LED THE RED RIVER REBELLION (METIS MOVEMENT)

b.  What was his occupation?

LAWYER

c.  Explain TWO reasons why the Orange Order despised him.

THEY WERE ANTI-FRENCH, ANTI-CATHOLIC

4.  Red River Colony/Merger

a.  To ensure their food supply, the colony’s leader placed a ban on what?  This was called?

PEMMICAN PROCLAMATION;

b.  In the 1860s, the group that created social tensions in the Red River Settlement were:

The Métis, Americans, or Canadians?

c.  TWO reasons for the HBC & NWC merger.

FINANCIAL PROBLEMS > BEAVER RESOURCES WERE DEPLETED; LAWSUITS

5.  Red River Rebellion A

a.     Who was Dr. John Christian Schultz?
CANADIAN SETTLER/IMMIGRANT

b.     How did he insult the Métis?
-ANTI-METIS VIEWS IN HIS NEWSPAPER HE TOOK OVER CALLED THE NOR’WESTER
-BIGOT IN THE NEWSPAPER

c. What was the Provisional Government?
TEMPORARY GOV’T CREATED BY LOUIS RIEL; MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE RED RIVER COLONY

d.      What was the purpose of the Métis National Committee and the Métis List of Rights?
-PRESERVE/PROTECT METIS RIGHTS
-DOCUMENT/LIST STAYING THEIR RIGHTS/GRIEVANCES

6.  Red River Rebellion B

a.  Give TWO reasons why Thomas Scott was murdered.

-THREATENED TO KILL LOUIS RIEL (WHILE IN PRISON)
-ANTI-METIS

b.  Do you think his death was justified?

-

c. Rumors spread that Thomas Scott was a Protestant:

Thief, Traitor, or Martyr?

d. Louis Riel fled to the U.S. after this incident because… he was scared for his life after the Thomas Scott incident.

Birth of Manitoba Review

 Make sure you can respond to the following:
1. Compare and contrast HBC and NWC.
2. Why did the two companies merge?
3. Explain the causes and consequence of the Battle of Seven Oaks.
4. Explain the causes, events and consequence of the Red River Rebellion.

Match the correct term  to its explanation.

HBC	NWC
STAY BY THE BAY	ICE-FREE
MONTREALERS	VOYAGEURS
PORTAGE	MIDDLEMEN
DISEASE	METIS
MARRIAGE	JOHN CHRISTIAN SCHULTZ
BISON HUNT	LORD SELKIRK
ASSINIBOIA TERRITORY	CROFTERS
PEMMICAN PROCLAMATION	BATTLE OF SEVEN OAKS
MERGER	RUPERT’S LAND PURCHASE
ORANGE ORDER	LOUIS RIEL
PROVISIONAL GOV’T Fur trading company founded in 1670 by Radisson and Groseilliers	THOMAS SCOTT Fur trading company founded in 1783 by the Montrealers
HBC used this policy – only trading around the Hudson Bay	From July to mid-September; fur-trading companies traded swiftly because of this
Group of English merchants from Montreal; expanded trading networks in the interior and merged to form the NWC	Someone who acts as a dealer between two parties who want to exchange goods  i.e. First Nations
To carry from one body of water to another	The NWC employed them to provide muscle power to paddle canoes and carry cargo
The NWC encouraged this between the First Nations and their traders to ensure trading loyalty; however, the HBC forbade this	Arrived in the RR colony in 1860; took over the newspaper NorWester and spread anti-Métis views
Seasonal event done by the Métis to provide meats, hides, and pemmican; sense of community, pride and discipline	In 1811, obtained a large parcel of land for the Scottish Highlanders (crofters) in the Red River Valley to colonize
The territory in “Selkirk’s Grant”	Also known as Scottish Highlanders- poor tenant farmers
To ensure the RR colonists had a food supply; banned the sale and export of pemmican; outraged the Métis	In 1816, the Métis killed Semple and 25 of his men at this battle
In 1821, the two fur trading companies did this because of financial troubles (lawsuits and depletion of beavers)	In 1869, the Canadian government took control of this land from the HBC; the Métis unhappy
A violently anti-French, anti-Catholic movement	Father of Manitoba; led the Red River Rebellion
A temporary government	Executed by Riel and his provisional gov’t; rumours spread that he was a Protestant martyr