The Red River Rebellion began in 1869 when the Métis people of the Red River Valley (in present-day Manitoba) resisted the Canadian government's attempt to establish control over the territory. Led by Louis Riel, the Métis seized forts and established a provisional government to negotiate terms for Manitoba's entry into Confederation. Tensions escalated when Riel's government executed Thomas Scott, an English prisoner. The Canadian government then sent military forces to end the rebellion and bring the territory under its control, forcing Riel to flee to the United States.

1. RED RIVER
REBELLION
By: Agamjot, Angely, Joshua, Zander and Jarusan

3. Events
In the summer of 1869 in the capital of Canada, an
uprising against the Canadian government began by
the metis. The metis were a mixed of European and a
French person in the Red River Valley of what is now
Manitoba. The trouble began in 1869 after the
Hudson’s bay company sold its territorial rights to
Rupert's Land (which included the Red River Valley)
to Canada. At that time, there were about 12,000
settlers along the Red River; more than half of them
were metis. When Canada began to organize the
territory into sections just in case for new colonists
who came to land, the métis feared they would lose
their land. Since they did not have legal title to the
lands they occupied, and would have no voice in any
government set up in the territory

4. Events
Later on William McDougall, who had been appointed
territorial lieutenant governor by Canada, was on his way
to establish a government. Louis Riel, an métis leader,
organized the métis into a military force, in October 1869,
to stop the Canadian takeover. The métis stopped
McDougall from entering the territory, the metis than and
took over Fort Garry (Winnipeg). Riel established a
provisional government in November, and later became its
president. Louis was hoping for a peaceful solution to the
issue. Than the Canadian government than sent someone
to determine the Red River settlers' conditions for
accepting union with Canada. A Métis representatives then
went to Ottawa to present their terms to the Canadian
government. Meanwhile, Thomas Scott, who had been
convicted of rebelling against Riel's government, was
executed (March, 1870). News of Scott's death caused
shock and anger in English-speaking Canada. The Ottawa
government dispatched a military force to the territory to
prevent further violence. Riel fled to the United States

5. People of the west
Aboriginal people lived in vast
territory of Rupert’s land long
before the Hudson’s bay company
took over the land and sold the
land to Canada in 1869. Most of
the aboriginals in the west were
nomadic. They moved from place
to place-hunting buffalo and
trapping fur-bearing animals, The
only European settles were a few
Hudson bay company employees
at lonely, scattered trading posts.
Their jobs were to buy fur from
aboriginals in exchange for
Hudson bays company goods.

6. Louis Riel
Louis David Riel also known as the
father of Manitoba, was born on
1844 in ST. Boniface across the red
river from the main settlement,
Louis was the oldest out of his 11
siblings. Louis’s grandma was one
of the first European women to
settle in the northwest. Louis’s dad
Louis riel sir was a metis leader,
was really loyal, his father was a
Franco Ojibwa Metis descent. In
1858 Louis was studying in a
Montreal collage. Riel’s father later
on passed away in 1864. Louis
looked up to his father with great
pride and inherited his strength and
pride. But once his father passed
away Louis lost interest in priest
hood and with drew from collage.
Louis was a bright man who leaded
the metis. How ever in the month of
March 1858 the metis patience was
demolished and the provincial

7. The metis
The metis were people of a
mixed heritage, aboriginal
and European, Their way
were not entirely aboriginal
or European. They
developed a special way of
living. They called
themselves the metis nation.
The metis was ruled by
Louis riel. The metis includes
many traditions from both
backgrounds a example
would be Scottish dancing.
Another fact is that they were
great buffalo hunters.

8. William McDougal
William McDougall was a lawyer, a
politician and the first lieutenant
governor of the North-West
Territories (Toronto area). In 1869
McDougal was sent by sir John A
McDonald to red river with some
surveyors to see if the metis were
accepting to join government. On
the way McDougal and the
surveyors were stopped by Louis
riel and the metis.

9. Dear Sir John A Mc Donald,
MISSION COMPLETE