HIST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Butte, Frog Lake Massacre, North-West Rebellion
5 Apr 2012
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The agreement which came out in the british north america act was much more centralized then. Although it did have a strong central focus, canada remained decentralized in allowing its provinces to control certain aspects of society such as education. Confederation was not entirely successful in its goals, only merging three colonies in 1867, others waited for a better deal. Canada looked to gain territory across the country. 1868 rupert"s land negotiations in london. British paid the hudson bay company 300, 000 pounds. As negotiations were ongoing, canada began building a road towards the red river colony (manitoba) Nobody discussed the settlement with the people living in the red river colony who had been there since 1812. By the 1860"s its population was divided by french speaking metis, 5757, english speaking. Metis, 4083, 558 natives and 1500 european settlers. As canadian surveyors began surveying the land, metis representatives stopped a party of canadian surveyors with arms. (october 1969)
