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.