social chapter 9

Question 1

in 1869, canada concluded an agreement with the hudson’s bay company and which european country to take possession of ruperts land

Answer 1

Britain

Question 2

how much money did canada pay to the hbc for ruperts land

Answer 2

1.5 million

Question 3

how many people living in ruperts land and northwest territory’s were consulted about this agreement ? (a few, many or all ?)

Answer 3

a few

Question 4

what attracted people to the red river settlement

Answer 4

fertile land

Question 5

by 1869, the majority of the people living at red river were what race of people ?

Answer 5

métis

Question 6

what languages did these people speak?

Answer 6

half french, half english

Question 7

by december 1869, the red river settlement faced many stresses. what were they ?

Answer 7

crop failure ( dry weather), swarms of grass hoppers, the buffalo were declining, etc

Question 8

what happened in july 1869 that was particularly troubling for the people in the red river settlement

Answer 8

they began to measure the land into selections for settlement that would push the fur trade + the métis way of life off the land

Question 9

what happened at the red river settlement in october 1869

Answer 9

louis riel stopped the surveyors from crossing his cousins farm

Question 10

in november 1869, an official from the canadian government tried to enter ruperts land. what was his name

Answer 10

william mcdougall

Question 11

what was his job going to be in the territory

Answer 11

lieutenant governor

Question 12

what happened while he was on the way

Answer 12

métis volunteers set up a blockade and stopped him

Question 13

the métis then took control of the hbc fort. what was the name of it?

Answer 13

fort gary

Question 14

how many shots were fired as they took over the fort ?

Answer 14

0

Question 15

what did the métis create at the fort in december 1869

Answer 15

a provisional government

Question 16

what was the name of the declaration the métis wrote while they controlled the fort

Answer 16

declaration of the people of ruperts land + north west

Question 17

who was chosen as president

Answer 17

louis riel

Question 18

where was he born

Answer 18

at st boniface in the red river settlement

Question 19

what nationality were his parents?

Answer 19

father - métis

mother - canadienne

Question 20

where was he raised ?

Answer 20

in the francophone catholic community of st boniface

Question 21

what did louis riel do when he was 14?

Answer 21

studied at the collage de montreal

Question 22

what did he study ?

Answer 22

languages and sciences

Question 23

what languages could he speak

Answer 23

english, french and cree

Question 24

with the transfer of ruperts land to canada, what opportunity did riel see for the red river settlement

Answer 24

to establish red river as a province

Question 25

if red river joined through confederation, what benefits would this give them?

Answer 25

give the settlement a provisional government with control of local affairs. also set conditions for joining canada like rights for francophone, catholics and métis

Question 26

in december 1869, the métis formed a ____________ government without elections and chose ____________ as president

Answer 26

provisional, riel

Question 27

two months later, he called elections. who did he try to get support from to continue as president

Answer 27

people at red river, francophones, anglophones, catholics and protestants

Question 28

in february 1870, francophone + anglophone communities of red river each elected 20 representatives to the ___________ government. this time the president was __________

Answer 28

provisional, riel

Question 29

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

Answer 29

ontario, british protestant

Question 30

in february 1870, the government at red river _____________ some of these settlers and tried them for _____________________

Answer 30

arrested, conspiring against authority

Question 31

in march 1870, it convicted and __________ one of them. what’s his name ?

Answer 31

shot, tomas scott

Question 32

how did the red river resistance end?

Answer 32

with the negotiations of the manitoba act

Question 33

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 ___________

Answer 33

confederation, bilingual province,manitoba

Question 34

in many ways the act was a ___________ because many people felt they had a stake in how the red river uprising was resolved

Answer 34

compromise

Question 35

define “qualified voters”

Answer 35

permanent residents

Question 36

why did many métis not meet the requirements to be qualified voters ?

Answer 36

because of the time they spent out of the province

Question 37

soon after the red river resistance,many métis people left the red river settlement and headed

Answer 37

west

Question 38

they established many communities, including the “south branch” communities along the

Answer 38

south branch of saskatchewan river

Question 39

surveyor

Answer 39

a person whose job is to divide and mark land into separate pieces of property

Question 40

provisional government

Answer 40

a temporary government formed when no other authority can establish legitimate control

Question 41

coerce

Answer 41

to force

Question 42

compromise

Answer 42

a course of action that balances the conflicting priorities of many groups or stakeholders

Question 43

freight

Answer 43

to transport

Question 44

land speculator

Answer 44

a person who buys up land with the intention of selling it to make a profit

Question 45

epidemic

Answer 45

the infection of a large population by a disease

Question 46

demographic change

Answer 46

change in the characteristics of a population

Question 47

collective identity

Answer 47

the shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture

Question 48

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

Answer 48

red river cart

Question 49

the __________ trail, between red river and fort edmonton, was a major route through the prairie

Answer 49

carlton

Question 50

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 _____________

Answer 50

métis, farms, fur trade, supplies, services, buffalo hunts

Question 51

___________ 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

Answer 51

canada, north west mounted police, railway

Question 52

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 _____

Answer 52

petitions, Surveyers, farms and settlement they had established.

Question 53

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.

Answer 53

Speculators, railway, railway, prince albert cononization company, Metis

Question 54

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 _____

Answer 54

Correct these problems, didn’t respond, Deaf, Metis, Black foot Confederacy, Cree