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The Red River Rebellion Concludes The Red River Rebellion Concludes

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The Provisional Government of Riel After capturing Fort Garry the Metis created a provisional government Riel intended it to only hold power until Ruperts Land officially transferred to ID: 532588

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The Red River Rebellion ConcludesSlide2

The Provisional Government of Riel

After capturing Fort Garry, the Metis created a

provisional government

Riel intended it to only hold power until

Rupert’s Land

officially transferred to

Canada

on December 1

st

, 1869

Riel feared that if

William McDougall

was allowed to take power, he would grant all power to the

Ontarian

settlers

and leave the Metis

powerlessSlide3

Canada Responds

In response

, John A. MacDonald

sent an HBC representative named Donald Smith to attempt to

negotiate

with the Metis

Smith’s meeting with the Metis resulted in the

Metis Bill of Rights

, which three Metis took to Ottawa to begin negotiating for the creation of their own

province

However, MacDonald had no intention of

recognizing

the Metis demands in full at this point

“Smith goes to carry an olive branch. We must not think of military force until peaceable means have been exhausted. Should these miserable half-breeds not disband, they must be put down.”

What do these actions and this quote tell you about MacDonald’s point of view?Slide4

The Canadian Party

John Christian Schultz

and several other

Canadian Party prisoners managed to escape Fort Garry

They attempted to rescue the remaining prisoners, but the battle resulted in several Canadian Party members being recapturedThe most significant of these was Thomas ScottHow did the video describe him?Slide5

The Case of Thomas Scott

While imprisoned, Scott repeatedly

insulted

and attacked his guardsHe frequently made anti-Metis statements, and most significantly he threatened to escape and kill Louis RielEven his fellow Canadian Party prisoners asked to be moved to different cells due to his aggressionRiel then appoints a tribunal to put Scott on trialHe is convicted of insubordination, attacking his guards, and threatening Riel

Scott is sentenced to death by firing squad, and is executed on March 4, 1870Slide6

Effects of Scott’s Execution

The Metis believed the worst had passed; they believed that the party bringing their demands to Ottawa would result in the creation of a province where their rights would be respected;

Manitoba

However, after John Schultz had escaped, he had returned to Ontario and had begun to portray Scott as a Protestant martyr who the Metis had cruelly murdered In Ontario, this caused outrage amongst the English

-speaking Protestant population, who called for his arrest and executionBut in Quebec, Riel gained more sympathy because he was believed to be standing up for the rights of French-speakersSlide7
Slide8

“The Tragedy at Fort Garry”

Looking at this illustration, what stands out to you? Where do you think it was published? What do you think the artist is trying to say about what happened and how?Slide9

Manitoba joins Confederacy

When the

Metis delegation

finally arrived in Ottawa, it was difficult for them to simply plead their case before the government; they initially

arrested

They were later released and pled their case in late April to the government

Despite his earlier comments,

MacDonald’

s government ended up approving

Manitoba's

admission into Canada and many of the

Metis demands

Among these were both

French and English

as official languages and both

Catholic and Protestan

t Public schoolsBut they were unable to secure a pardon for Riel or the provincial control over public landsWhy do you think the Metis could not secure a pardon for Riel or control of land?Slide10

Riel flees (for now)

MacDonald could not afford to lose

support

in Ontario, so he organized a force of 1200 soldiers called the Wolseley ExpeditionThe force was a mix of British soldiers and volunteers from Ontario and QuebecOfficially, they were to keep order in Red River until the province could elect an official governmentBut they were also there to put down any armed resistance that remained and

capture Riel if possibleFearing for his life, Riel fled to the United States before the troops arrived, where he would remain for the next 15 yearsWhen the troops arrived, Fort Garry was already abandonedThe British soldiers tried and keep order, but the Ontario volunteers harassed and attacked the local Metis