The Red River Rebellion/Thomas Scott By: Tyler, William and, Ben

Why we chose this topic We chose the Red River Rebellion because we thought it was cool ​ We also chose it since some of it happened right here at HGI ​ We chose Thomas Scott because he was a jerk and we wanted to know what he did to become one ​

The Red River Rebellion (Canadian government side) The cause of the Red River Rebellion was because the Canadian Government was not treating the Metis right. In 1869 the HBC sold Rupert's land to the government of Canada. Rupert’s land contained Red River Valley, home to 12,000 settlers along the Red River, more than half of them were Metis. MacDonald appointed William McDougal to establish a new government in Red River and he sent land surveyors as well. No one had told the Metis about this. The Metis were very worried their ways of life would be ruined.

The Red River Revolution (the Metis side) The Red River Revolution made Canada have a border and the benefits of other provinces.​ The Metis created a provisional government. Riel sought to preserve Metis rights and culture as their homelands in the North-West came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence.​ William McDougall sent out surveyors to the Metis land. The Metis did not let McDougall come into their land as they were scared he was going to take over

The Manitoba Act The Manitoba Act is what ended the Rebellion and created Manitoba.​ The rest of Rupert's land became the North-Western territories. The Manitoba Act stated that Metis lands would be protected but all other lands were the property of the Dominion of Canada.​

Thomas Scott Thomas Scott also known as Orangeman was born on January 1 1842 and died March 4 1870.​ He was an Irish protestant and emigrated to Canada in 1863. Scott was employed by the Canadian government as a surveyor during the Red River Rebellion.​ He was arrested and imprisoned in December 1869 at Upper Fort Garry by Louis Riel and his men while trying to attack the fort along with 34 other volunteers.​ While in jail Scott became a nuisance as he caused trouble with the guard and tried to escape a lot. On execution day he got shot once in the chest, left shoulder and, face by a firing squad. ​

Why the Red River Rebellion was important The Red River Rebellion was very important to Canadian history. It made  Manitoba, from the Manitoba Act. It developed a provisional government in Manitoba. Why the Red River Rebellion was important

Why Thomas Scott was important He set off a chain of events that started the Rebellion. The people from the Red River settlement  could not come back from them since he got shot by Louis Riel.  Why Thomas Scott was important

Why you should learn this topic  It made the province we are living in. It also shows how the Canadian government was very mean back then and that we should not be mean.

Sources Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia YouTube Canadian History Project Prezi