Northwest Rebellion

What is a scrip

• Certificate of value to exchange for land

• Certificate of land to exchange for money

• A document outlining the roles of each person in the Rebellion

• The official bird for Manitoba

Why were the Métis frustrated with the Canadian Government after Manitoba was a province? Select all that apply.

• The Métis wanted Manitoba to be called Louisberg.

• The homes and land of the Métis were given to immigrants.

• The Métis had difficulty getting the land grants they were promised.

• The Métis were no longer allowed to hunt Moose.

Where did the Métis move after having issues with the Canadian Government? Note: The area is now called...

After the Métis moved further west, who followed them there and also made them concerned about the events in Manitoba also occurring in their new home?

• Engineers

• Government Officials

• The French

• Surveyors

With many changes happening in Western Canada in the 1880s, the Métis felt that the Canadian Government was not protective of their (select all that apply)

• rights, animals and survival as a people

• rights, lands and survival as a people

• rights, food sources and survival as a people

• treaties, beliefs and survival

This young Métis hunter helped his people fight for their rights in 1885.

Who was asked by Gabriel Dumont to come back to Canada to help the Métis fight for their rights?

• John A. MacDonald

• Louis Riel

• Amor De Cosmos

• Ryan Battleford

Riel wanted the following groups to join one another to create a responsible government for the western people.

• Westerners, First Nations and settlers

• Canadian troops, First Nations and settlers

• Westerners, Ontarians and settlers

• Canadian government, troops and immigrants

​ (a)   about the rights of western people were shared with Ottawa and were ​ (b)   by the federal government. Then, a ​ (c)   government was formed, with the capital being ​ (d)   .

• petitions
• ignored
• accepted
• provisional
• permanent
• Batoche
• Regina
• treaties

Louis Riel's creation of the provisional government was seen as