HIST 1253 Lecture Notes - John Christian Schultz, Assiniboine River, Protestantism
10 Mar 2014
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January 21st: not a move against confederation, but want their voices heard. Canada looks westward: 1868-1869: negotiations to take over rupert"s land and the north-western territory. Canadian and british governments, hudson"s bay company. 1868, the macdonald government starts talking with the british government because the hudson"s bay company (the company that has been milking those western provinces) they are the company that has legal authority over the western provinces. The government starts to come up with a plan to get the hudson"s bay. Company to hand over their control of rupert"s land. This cost ottawa 300,000 pounds; roughly . 5m (as of 1914, 1. 5m will be roughly 30m today) The hudson"s bay company still has control over the farming territories surrounding their immediate trading posts: this allows the hudson"s bay company to have a growing property value. Deal completed by march 1869: scheduled canadian takeover of the territories (december 1st 1869)
