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 |
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