History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Execution By Firing Squad, Manitoba Act, Canadian Nationalism
21 Jun 2012
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Lecture 11 part 3 sir john a. mcdonald, louis riel and the manitoba act. Canada has to look west to expand: government needs land to expand, british government passes the rupert"s land act 1868. Offered the hudson bay company 300,000 pounds for a huge piece of rupert"s land. Huge amount of land added to canada, called the northwest. Creating a road very important to get people to move west. Scottish settlers who really want the road, not the. English, french canadians or m tis: m tis worried about their way of life/culture. Called on louis riel to stand up for them. Red river through the united states: mcdonald aware of what is going on. He put the transfer of the territory on hold: louis riel had created a political vacuum. Proclaims a provisional government, creates a flag, imprisons scottish settlers, etc.
