The National Policy that John A Macdonald created may have come as a blessing in disguise. On the outside the National Policy created new provinces and created the great country that Canada is today. Although plenty of good came from the National Policy, plenty bad also came from it. The National Policy led to the Murder Thomas Scott and the Red River Rebellion. The National Policy may have created Manitoba in the wake of the issues with Metis people who were living on the land near the Red River whose land were taken in order to expand Canada into their newly owned Rupert’s Land. The National Policy could be seen as a good thing or a bad thing, it did lead to the formation of Manitoba but it caused the Red River Rebellion and impacted many Metis lives.
Sir John A Macdonald first created the National Policy in 1879, The main goal of Macdonald’s was the expansion of Canada into the Western and Eastern parts of Canada. Canada began as Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova …show more content…
In the 1850’s and 60’s many of the new population began to farm due to the declining bison herds, many of the population also began to trade locally, although some of the buffalo hunters competed directly with Hudson’s Bay Company and travelled to Minnesota to sell their buffalo and import merchandise from the United States to the Red river. Many of the Canadians who feared trading relationships would help the Americans establish a hold in the regions. Few English speaking settlers from Ontario had also moved to Red River. This group called the Canadian Party led by Dr. John Shultz. Many of his supporters were members of a Protestant Organization called the Orangemen or the Orange Order. They were very anti French and anti-Catholic; which in turn that meant that they did not mix well with the
Sir John A Macdonald first created the National Policy in 1879, The main goal of Macdonald’s was the expansion of Canada into the Western and Eastern parts of Canada. Canada began as Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova …show more content…
In the 1850’s and 60’s many of the new population began to farm due to the declining bison herds, many of the population also began to trade locally, although some of the buffalo hunters competed directly with Hudson’s Bay Company and travelled to Minnesota to sell their buffalo and import merchandise from the United States to the Red river. Many of the Canadians who feared trading relationships would help the Americans establish a hold in the regions. Few English speaking settlers from Ontario had also moved to Red River. This group called the Canadian Party led by Dr. John Shultz. Many of his supporters were members of a Protestant Organization called the Orangemen or the Orange Order. They were very anti French and anti-Catholic; which in turn that meant that they did not mix well with the