... government's treatment of their people. This paper is set out to illustrate the events that caused the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 and its results. The acquisition of the Northwest or Rupert's Land' by the Federal government led to a chain of events which triggered the uprising from the Metis in the Red River Settlement of Manitoba. The government of John A. Macdonald needed ... to acquire Rupert's Land because the Americans were keen on annexing the land. Negotiations started in 1868 in London between Canada and the Hudson Bay Company (HBC). In 1869-70, one of the ... establishment of...

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... government's treatment of their people. This paper is set out to illustrate the events that caused the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 and its results. The acquisition of the Northwest or Rupert's Land' by the Federal government led to a chain of events which triggered the uprising from the Metis in the Red River Settlement of Manitoba. The government of John A. Macdonald needed ... to acquire Rupert's Land because the Americans were keen on annexing the land. Negotiations started in 1868 in London between Canada and the Hudson Bay Company (HBC). In 1869-70, one of the ... establishment of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... transfer of the Settlement to Canada and secondly, because it established Louis Riel as the champion of the Métis. In October, 1869 William McDougall was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Rupert's Land. He set to go claim and take control of the North-West Territory for Canada. He brought along a small army of 300 armed men. The Métis received word ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School