Riel and the Resistance(s) Powerpoint Notes

Red River Resistance (1869-1870)

Northwest Resistance (1885)

Name: ______Date:______

Red River Resistance(1869-1870)

•Many Ontarians wanted to move ______after Confederation

•The government purchased the Hudson’s Bay Company Territories in 1868

•The ______and ______were not consulted

•The Métis worried about losing their land along the ______and ______Rivers

So…

•Louis Riel and the Métis seized Fort Garry!

•PM John A. Macdonald could not stop them because:

•There was no ______west at the time

•It was the middle of winter

•The British had not yet finished the transfer of the territories to Canada, so the Métis had not actually broken any laws

Creation of Manitoba in 1870

The act included:

•The promise that land the ______already lived on could not be taken away from them

•A large section of land was saved for the Métis

•Catholic (French) schools were allowed

•French was to be an “official” language

(Métis Bill of Rights)

•The Métis put some Canadians at Fort Garry under arrest in ______.

•Riel ordered his men to execute a man named ______

= Canadians were outraged!

•PM Macdonald responded by sending ______during the summer of 1870

•Riel fled to the ______because he was afraid of being arrested

•He returned to ______four years later

•Riel’s mental health deteriorated

•He was granted amnesty in 1875

•Riel spent some time in mental institutions in Quebec

______Resistance (1885)

July 1884: Riel moves to Batoche (present day Saskatchewan

–Riel had been asked to help the Métis make a deal with ______

December 1884: The government receives the petition and promises to investigate

Early 1885:

-Riel believes he’s on a mission from God.

-He seizes the parish church in Batoche in March 1885

-Riel becomes leader of the Métis ______

However….

•Riel was now mentally ill, which affected his leadership

•The North-West Mounted Police were in the west by then

•The Canadian Pacific ______was almost complete and Ottawa could send the military

•Fighting between the Métis and police lasted only _____ months

•Riel was forced to surrender

•In June 1885 Riel was charged with treason by an ______-______jury

•Despite strong opposition from Quebec, Riel was ______in November 1885.

•First Nations leaders ______and ______, allied with Riel, were also found guilty of treason.

•They were given harsh jail sentences and soon died from disease

•The Canadian government also hanged eight other First Nations leaders for treason

Effect of the Resistance on ______Canada

  • Response was mixed in Ontario and Quebec
  • Many ______wanted to ______the resistance
  • The ______were ______(Métis were part French / Catholic)

How Would Canada Develop?

  • The ______wanted an English-speaking and Protestant country
  • The ______wanted a bi-cultural and bilingual country
  • Neither the English nor French asked the ______and First Nations what they wanted
  • The French in Quebec did protest Riel’s execution

=Destroyed the Conservative Party in QC and paved way for the ______Party

Effect of the Resistance on ______Canada

  • The 1885 Resistance ruined relations among First Nations, Metis, and Euro-Canadian and European settlers.
  • The Canadian government would soon create the ______system and ______to assimilate First Nations and Metis people.