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A provisional government is a temporary government created to keep law and order while a permanent government is being established
What is a provisional government?
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He was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He is a Father of Confederation. He initiated the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He had a political and economic vision for Canada in 1878
Who is John A Macdonald?
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The Manitoba Act lead to the Metis communities applying for their land with scrips, and loosing their land to new settlers
How did the Manitoba Act negatively affect the Metis?
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1885
When was the railway completed?
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Fort Garry
What location did the Metis National Committee occupy to take control of Red River?
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A transcontinental railway is a railway that goes from one side of the continent to another. The Canadian Pacific Railway goes from Ontario to BC
What is a transcontinental railway?
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Thomas Scott was the man executed by Louis Riel for attempting to overthrow the provisional government
Who is Thomas Scott?
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The sale of Rupert's land did not involve the First Nations or Metis community. Metis did not have the same land rights as First Nations
How did the sale of Rupert's Land negatively affect the Metis?
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They worked on all of the dangerous areas of the railway, including through the mountains and over bodies of water. They also had to blow up rocks to create tunnels
How did the Chinese workers contribute to the railway?
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Andre Nault
Who reached out to Louis Riel for help with the surveyors?
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It is a series of 11 treaties between First Nations and the Canadian government
What are the Numbered Treaties?
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He is the Lieutenant-governor of the Northwest. He was traveling to Red River to survey the area and take over the land before Louis Riel and the Metis National Committee stopped him
Who is William McDougall?
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1876 rules and regulations created by the Canadian government to control the First Nations community
What is the Indian Act?
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The were promised a railway would be built when they joined Confederation
Why did British Columbia want the railway to be built?
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The provisional government
(also accepting: Louis Riel)
Who created the Metis Bill of Rights?
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An area of land set aside for a First Nations community where they have the right to set aside food, money and tools, as well as the right to the land and the right to hunt
What is a reserve?
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He was the man featured in the famous "Last Spike" photograph. He was the man hammering the last spike
Who is Donald Smith?
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They were schools where Indigenous children were taken to forcibly learn english and french and forget their own language and traditions
What are Residential Schools?
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It was built to link British Columbia to Ontario. To promote trade and population growth
Why was the Canadian Pacific Railway built?
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Institut Canadien de Montreal
What was the name of the liberal group Joesph Guibord belonged to?
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John A Macdonald's national policy was his 1878 political and economic vision to develop Canada. It included 3 goals of: completing the railway, encourage immigration and implement protective tariffs.
What is the National Policy?
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Louis Riel was part of the Red River Resistance. He fought to stop surveyors from entering Metis land and fought for Metis rights. He was the president of the provisional government
Who is Louis Riel?
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The treaties often did not reflect what was originally agreed between the Canadian government and the First Nations community. They were often in favour of the Canadian government
What was an issue with the Numbered Treaties?
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It created trading opportunities from west to east, encouraged population growth in the west, and encouraged settlers to live along the railway.
Why was the Canadian Pacific Railway important to the expansion of Canada?
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The Protestants and the Catholics
Who was a part of the Jubilee Riots in 1875?
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