The Métis created a Provisional government and created the Métis Bill of Rights that stated that they wanted to protect their rights to the land and culture and be consulted when decision were made in government. John A MacDonald decided to listen to the request made by the Métis, and created Manitoba and the Manitoba Act. The Manitoba Act agreed to all the requests made in the Bill of Rights. However, this did not solve the conflict in Manitoba. The Métis continued to fear assimilation and felt ignored by the government.
John A MacDonald agree to the terms of the Métis Bill of Rights because he wanted to avoid a conflict in the West that would interfere with the goal of National Policy; TO BUILD A STRONG CANADA.
To avoid conflict, John A listened to the Métis fears of ASSIMILATION and created the MANITOBA ACT.
Read “The Manitoba Act” on page 185 and fill in the blank.
The Manitoba Act created the province of ______. The terms of the Manitoba Act included: 1. Manitoba would have its own ______government. 2. Both ______and ______languages would be used in the ______. 3. The province would send ______elected members to the ______in Ottawa and ______members to the ______. 4. There would be 2 ______systems. One for ______and another for ______. The needs of both ______speaking Catholics ______and ______speaking minority would be respected. 5. An area of ______would be set aside for the ______. 6. ______resources belonged to the ______government in ______.
The Métis continue to fear assimilation after the Manitoba Act because what the government promised and what they actually did were different. The actions of the government continued to cause conflict with the Métis. Read “Problems Persist” on page 187 and fill in the blanks below. 1. Land was set aside for the Métis. Each family was supposed to receive a ______that gave them ______of 240 acres of land. 2. The system did not ______and many Métis did not receive their ______. 3. ______from the East did not show ______for the Métis ______and way of ______. 4. They wanted to ______a society in ______that was similar to ______. 5. They dreamed of bringing ______(English-speaking people) to Manitoba. 6. The Métis felt ______and ______. 7. The Métis decided to move ______, where they could live as ______, ______and farmers. 8. As the ______began to disappear from the ______the Métis turned to other ways of making a ______, such as ______, ______and small ______.
Read “Métis and First Nations Grievances” and the chart on page 187 – 188 and fill in the blanks below. 1. By the 1880’s the Métis faced a number of ______to their way of ______, such as ______, and poverty that resulted from the ______buffalo ______. 2. The Métis concerns continued to be: a. They felt ______out of their ______in ______. b. Outside of ______land ______was unclear. Some Métis were living on ______claimed by the ______Company or the ______company. c. Newcomers were ______into the ______. Métis feared they would losing their ______and ______. They also feared being ______into a new ______. d. The buffalo were ______due to over ______. The ______of many Métis were ______. e. The ______was ignoring their ______. The Métis sent 15 ______to ______that were not answered.
The government’s choice to ignore the Métis led to the Battle of Batoche. Led by Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont, the Métis fought the Canadian troops for 3 days and ended when the Métis were forced to surrender.