Louis Riel Louis Riel has passed away on November 16, 1885 in Reigna. The cause of his death was hanging. He was executed after he wrote his last letter to his mother and his will.
Louis David Riel was born on October 22,1844 to Louis Riel Sr and Julie Lagimodière. He had 11 siblings, 6 sisters and 5 brothers. Louis Riel was the oldest out his 11 siblings. He spent the majority of his childhood in Quebec. He studied in College de Montreal and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School. He was married to Marguerite Monet and later had 2 kids. Their name were Jean-Louis and Marie-Angéliqu. He also had another son, but sadly he passed away at a very young age.
Louis Riel was really a big part of the Red river resistance and the uprising. He was the one who communicated with the Canadians. The Metis did not want to leave their land behind. Riel was the only person in town who knew English. Louis Riel stopped the Canadians and they left. The government did this so they could get more land in the US because the US was taking all the land. This is when he started becoming respected in the community. Riel successfully stopped them and Red river was safe. The Metis later made a provisional government and Riel was chosen president. …show more content…
Louis Riel did not let them claim that part of land because the government simply didn’t care about them. Neither the Metis nor Louis Riel. The government did not want to listen to the Metis and ignored them completely. The government disliked that the Metis were against the government and the community was denying the country. Also the government disliked the provisional government that the Metis made. The government got super tired of this and eventually Louis Riel got
Louis David Riel was born on October 22,1844 to Louis Riel Sr and Julie Lagimodière. He had 11 siblings, 6 sisters and 5 brothers. Louis Riel was the oldest out his 11 siblings. He spent the majority of his childhood in Quebec. He studied in College de Montreal and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School. He was married to Marguerite Monet and later had 2 kids. Their name were Jean-Louis and Marie-Angéliqu. He also had another son, but sadly he passed away at a very young age.
Louis Riel was really a big part of the Red river resistance and the uprising. He was the one who communicated with the Canadians. The Metis did not want to leave their land behind. Riel was the only person in town who knew English. Louis Riel stopped the Canadians and they left. The government did this so they could get more land in the US because the US was taking all the land. This is when he started becoming respected in the community. Riel successfully stopped them and Red river was safe. The Metis later made a provisional government and Riel was chosen president. …show more content…
Louis Riel did not let them claim that part of land because the government simply didn’t care about them. Neither the Metis nor Louis Riel. The government did not want to listen to the Metis and ignored them completely. The government disliked that the Metis were against the government and the community was denying the country. Also the government disliked the provisional government that the Metis made. The government got super tired of this and eventually Louis Riel got