The Red River Resistance/The Red River Rebellion (2 nov 1869 ano – 24 ago 1870 ano)

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The Red River Colony was home to many Métis, but when Protestant settlers started moving into the Colony from the East, the Métis got worried. The settlers were aggressive, and the Métis wanted to preserve their religion, land rights, and their culture. This was much easier said than done for them, neither the British or the Canadian government cared much about the Métis, Rupert's Land was being negotiated between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Dominion of Canada without any input from the Métis (Rupert's Land belonged to the HBC), which caused the sudden migration from the Protestant settlers, so the worries of the Métis went up. The Canadian government had re-surveyed the land of the Red River Colony in August of 1869, which made Métis unease increase. They decided to take action. The Métis organized the Métis National Committee as a way to stand up for themselves and let their voices be heard. Louis Riel was elected to be the president of the committee after moving his way up from secretary, and the committee (with Riel in charge) stopped the land surveys on October 11, 1869, from occurring. A month later, in early November, the committee acted again and prevented a land survey lead by William McDougall (a Canadian expansionist) and his party from occurring. This meant that the Canadian government could not take control of their territory on the planned date of December 1, 1869. In December, the Métis decided to create a provisional representative government which would be lead by Riel in order to discuss the terms of entry into Confederation with the government of Canada. After a long winter of armed conflict, the Métis seemed to finally have the upper hand, but Riel had made one fatal mistake. He allowed the execution of one of the prisoners, Thomas Scott. Although the Canadian government was still willing to negotiate, they would not pardon Riel and other rebel leaders by granting them amnesty. In April of 1870, the Canadian government enacted a law code that recognized the rights of the Red River settlers. On May 12, a new province called Manitoba was created which guaranteed land titles to the Métis, and 607,000 hectares of land for Métis children. Since Riel would be held accountable for the execution of Scott, him and his lieutenants decided to flee into exile before the British & Canadians arrived in Manitoba in August of 1870. Overall, the Red River Resistance had won the Métis their big objectives. The colony became a province in its own, and they were guaranteed their land & cultural rights. Eventually, the Métis found themselves in a disadvantageous spot in Manitoba and they had no choice but to move. Then in 1885, the Métis took action again, and so the North-West Resistance took place.

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