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26 Cards in this Set
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Who was George Simpson?
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-the man in charge of all HBC operations in North America
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What did the Battle of Seven Oaks do?
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-turned the simmering dispute between the HBC and its colonists and the NWC and the Metis into a full scale conflict
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Who was W. Simpson?
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-the Indian Commissioner who tried to make Native people give up their land claims
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What did Louis Riel fight for?
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-the Metis and their rights
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Define provisional government.
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-a temporary government
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Was the Manitoba Act pleasing or non-pleasing to the Metis?
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-pleasing
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What did Miles MacDonnell issue because he was worried about Red River colonists running out of food for the winter?
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-the Pemmican Proclamation
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Why did the wintering partners (hivernants) have a strong motive to help make NWC prosper?
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-because they were partners, not employees, so they shared in the profits
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Define white collar.
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-referring to clerical or professional workers (as opposed to farmers or other labourers)
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Who came and brought tension to the Red River Settlement?
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-Protestant settlers
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What are the top five characteristics of the NWC?
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1)based on partnerships 2)relaxed in trading standards 3)less rigid and dictatorial than HBC 4)hivernants shared in profits 5)encouraged marriage to Natives
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When was Cuthbert Grant the leader of the Metis?
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-during the Red River Rebellion
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What are the top five characteristics of the HBC?
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1)standard of trade was strict 2)rigid hierarchy 3)all workers were salaried employees 4)against marriage of workers 5)British
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What was the point of the Red River Rebellion?
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-that the people of the Red River Valley would still have their rights and traditions when they came under Canadian authority
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What was the red river cart?
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-a wagon made entirely of wood that many settlers used in the prairies
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What did the Confederation in 1867 accomplish?
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-it made Canada a dominion
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Which group of people was put out by the HBC selling Rupert's Land?
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-the Metis
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What did the Pemmican Proclamation of 1814 do?
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-banned the sale and export of pemmican from the Red River
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What was John A. MacDonald's attitude to the Metis?
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-he did not like the fact that they were rebelling, but still paid no heed to their pleas for rights
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Why did the HBC and NWC merge in 1821?
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-because there wasn't enough furs anymore for the two companies to both make a profit, so it was the only way to financially survive
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What was the cause of the Northwest Rebellion?
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-the Metis were angry that they still weren't getting titles to their land and they wanted financial aid so they could become successful farmers
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What did the Montrealers eventually become (when joined with other companies)?
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-the Northwest Company
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What newspaper did John Schultz take over and use as a platform for his anti-Metis views?
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-the NorWester
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Who were the Metis?
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-people of French and Native ancestry
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Which colony was established because of the Earl of Selkirk?
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-the Red River Valley
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What did Robert Semple do to convince the Metis that the Selkirk colonists intended to declare war on them?
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-attacked and burned the then empty NWC Fort Gibralter
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