Rebellions in Canada - Fenian Raids, North-West Rebellion, Rebellions of 1837, Red River Rebellion, Battle of Ridgeway, Trial of Louis Riel (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Fenian Raids, North-West Rebellion, Rebellions of 1837, Red River Rebellion, Battle of Ridgeway, Trial of Louis Riel, Campobello Island, USS Michigan, Elias Moore, Kahnawake Iroquois and the Rebellions of 1837-38, Provisional Government of Saskatchewan, Bell of Batoche, North West Mounted Police, Fort Carlton, Battle of Fort Erie, Wolseley Expedition, SS Princess, Battle of Eccles Hill, John Moore House, Exovedate, United Irish Uprising, Prince Albert Volunteers, Looting of Battleford. Excerpt: The North-West Rebellion (or the North-West Resistance, Saskatchewan Rebellion, or Second Riel Rebellion) of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Metis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada. During a time of great social change in Western Canada, the Metis believed that the Dominion of Canada had failed to address the protection of their rights, their land and their survival as a distinct people. Despite some notable early victories at Duck Lake, Fish Creek and Cut Knife, the rebellion effectively ended for the Metis with their defeat at the siege of Batoche, Saskatchewan, the eventual scattering of their allied Aboriginal forces elsewhere, and the trial and hanging of Louis Riel. Tensions between French Canada and English Canada increased for some time. Due to the role that the Canadian Pacific Railway played in transporting troops, political support increased and the legislature authorized funds to complete the nation's first transcontinental railway. After the Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870, many of the Metis moved from Manitoba to Saskatchewan, then part of the Northwest Territories, where they founded a settlement at Batoche on the South Saskatchewan River. However, in Manitoba settlers from Ontario began to arrive. They pushed for land to be allotted in the...