Why Did The North-West Metis Rebelled In The End?
The North-West Metis Eventually Rebelled in the end
In the summer of 1884, the Metis sent delegates to Montana, US, Where Riel was expelled and had his job as a teacher. The Metis delegates complained to Riel about the livelihood of the Metis in Canada. Riel was motivated and strongly suggested to return and lead the Metis to make improvements on their current life conditions. Riel’s return designated an uprising rebellion between the Metis and the government. After Riel’s return, On 8 March 1885, The Metis issued a Metis Bill of Rights. Unlike the previous list of rights, the Metis Bill of rights addressed all the grievances that the Metis faced and suggested the basis of a new province in the Northwest. The government tolerated this …show more content…
The government sent out the North-West Mounted police to investigate how many Metis and Indians had the intentions to rise and take up arms against the government，the end results showed that only about 500 people were ready to rebel against the government.This is an evidence that most of the Metis did not intend to rebel at first, but with Louis Riel’s provocations, they eventually strayed to the dark side. The northwest government banned the sale of ammunitions, This would ensure the lack of weapons for the Metis’ rebellion. The government was well-armed with the call out of the Eastern and Manitoba militia and the North-West mounted police troops sent over by the Canada pacific railway. “Justice commands us to take up arms!”(Louis Riel) On march 19, Louis riel declared war on the government, by telling the Metis that the Canadian government was determined to make war on them. The Metis formed a provisional government in St.Laurent with the president Louis Riel and the military commander as Gabriel Dumont. They started out by seizing the parish church at Batoche and demanded the surrender of Fort Carlton of the
In the summer of 1884, the Metis sent delegates to Montana, US, Where Riel was expelled and had his job as a teacher. The Metis delegates complained to Riel about the livelihood of the Metis in Canada. Riel was motivated and strongly suggested to return and lead the Metis to make improvements on their current life conditions. Riel’s return designated an uprising rebellion between the Metis and the government. After Riel’s return, On 8 March 1885, The Metis issued a Metis Bill of Rights. Unlike the previous list of rights, the Metis Bill of rights addressed all the grievances that the Metis faced and suggested the basis of a new province in the Northwest. The government tolerated this …show more content…
The government sent out the North-West Mounted police to investigate how many Metis and Indians had the intentions to rise and take up arms against the government，the end results showed that only about 500 people were ready to rebel against the government.This is an evidence that most of the Metis did not intend to rebel at first, but with Louis Riel’s provocations, they eventually strayed to the dark side. The northwest government banned the sale of ammunitions, This would ensure the lack of weapons for the Metis’ rebellion. The government was well-armed with the call out of the Eastern and Manitoba militia and the North-West mounted police troops sent over by the Canada pacific railway. “Justice commands us to take up arms!”(Louis Riel) On march 19, Louis riel declared war on the government, by telling the Metis that the Canadian government was determined to make war on them. The Metis formed a provisional government in St.Laurent with the president Louis Riel and the military commander as Gabriel Dumont. They started out by seizing the parish church at Batoche and demanded the surrender of Fort Carlton of the