The Red River Rebellion 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. .