Compare And Contrast The Red River Rebellion And The North Western Rebellion

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The Red River rebellion and the North-West rebellion were based of of the same beliefs, that canada was not and didn't want to protect the culture and the rights of the metis people. In 1869 the people of the Red river colony were no not happy with the way the new canadian government was protecting their rights and their survival as a culture. When Louis Riel returned from college in montreal he was ready to speak is appinon loud and proud about the situation. The metis people of red river were very happy with Louis Riel, he gave them motivation which lead to the uprising of the red river rebellion. They fought and fought for their rights but the government didn’t like what they were doing. After a little while the government were not happy

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