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34 Cards in this Set
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What is a provisional Government |
A temporary government |
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Who was Thomas Scott? |
A Canadian that was imprisoned by Louis Riel |
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Who was Louis Riel |
He was the leader of the Metis |
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Who are the Metis? |
People of french and native background
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What happened to Thomas Scott? |
He was shot by a firing squad after being sentenced to death by Louis Riel due to the fact that he was taunting and physically abusing his Metis guards in prison |
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What is the land that used to be Selkirks grant now? |
Southern Manitoba and North Dakota |
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Who Did Canada purchase Ruperts Land from? |
The HBC |
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What is the pemmican proclamation ? |
Macdonell feared he would run out of food so he set this up to effectively ban the sale or trade of pemmican out of Red River. |
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Initially, what did Robert Semple do to cause the battle of seven oaks? |
He attacked and burned down the NWC fort Gibraltar and the Metis saw this as a request for war from the Selkirk Colonist |
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What was the battle of the seven oaks? |
The battle of the seven oaks was where Semple and 28 of his men fought the metis and Semple and all his men were killed but only 1 metis was killed |
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What strategic move did the Metis use again Semple in the Battle of Seven oaks? |
The split into two parties and one attacked Semple and his men from the front and one attacked them from behind
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What did the people of native scottish and british background like to refer them selves as |
Country-born
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What system did the metis use to farm their land |
The seigneurial system |
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Why did the NWC encourage marriage between fur traders and native woman |
because this encourage long term trade relationships and stability for the woman |
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The land granted to the HBC in 1670 was known as |
Ruperts land |
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What type of pelt id the HBC use are currency? |
Beaver pelt |
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What was the name of the people that paddled the canoes for the NWC ? |
the voyageurs |
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What diseases were the Europeans exposing to the Natives? |
smallpox and measles |
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what was the main thing that the Metis provided for the NWC |
Pemmican |
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Lord Selkirk established agricultural colonies in BNA because he wanted... |
the farmers or "crofters" that were being evicted to keep their way of farm life and the HBC could use their produce to supply employees at a much lower price |
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What did the bison hunt provide for the Metis |
fresh meat and bison hides and all the meat and fat required to make pemmican |
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The NWC primarily hired explores too.. |
map new territories and establish new trading posts |
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what happened when fur supplies declined ? |
both companies moved deeper inland and both companies promised more valuable trade goods for furs, and eventually both companies come together as one |
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When the Manitoba act was passed it granted the metis what? |
a list of rights |
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What was Riel and the Provisional Government determined to accomplish |
they wanted to maintain order and they wanted the red river settlement to enter confederation as the province of Manitoba |
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What was George Simpsons Management style and who was he ? |
he was the Canadian governor of the HBC in its greatest period of power . He was a very "hands on " business man and was an old fashioned boss. He traveled throughout the territory. |
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By 1860 the majority of the people in the red river settlement were |
a self sufficient community |
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The economy of the Red river Settlement was what ? |
it was built around the needs of the HBC Mainly farming |
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What were some disadvantages of the HBC |
-no chance to advance in the company or become a partner -no possibility of sharing profits -no rewards for drive and initiative -you were assigned to 1 trading post -no chance to explore as first nation peoples brought all the furs -No reason to do anything except your own job |
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What were some Advantages of the HBC |
-You always get paid -safer staying at a trading post -you benefit by being in a social life -first nations experienced all the dangers of finding furs and exploring -you depend of yourself to ensure success
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What were some Disadvantages of the NWC |
-Nothing to share if there is no profits -Dangerous going into the wilderness -Long time away from family and friends -Hard work finding and bringing furs -You depend of other people to get rewarded
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Advantages of the NWC? |
-more oppertunities for advancement -you can share in company profits -reward for traders who has drive and initiative -you can see the great NW -encouragement to explore for new resources -everyone works together to get greater rewards for the whole company
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Some Roles unique to woman in Upper Canada |
-roles based on social class -indentity largely depended on husbands -managed a more prosperous household -made candles and soap |
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Roles unique to woman in red river? |
-worked side by side with husbands -helped with all aspects of the buffalo hunt -processed wool -made bannock -served as community leaders when men worked as packers and voyageurs |
