Guiding questions p 197-201

1) Why did MacDonald develop the National Policy? He developed the National Policy because he needed a political platform to convince all Canadians of his ideas.

2)List and explain each of the three parts of the National Policy In each case, state why MacDonald thought it was important for the future of Canada – a system of protective tariffs, increased immigration, and the CPR. The protective tariffs was when the taxes would be raised from 15% to 17.5-35%. MacDonald did this because he wanted Canadians to buy less goods from America and instead buy more in Canada to benefit the Canadas economy. The CPR was the third part of the National Policy and MacDonald thought that it was important to build it because they would then have a quick way to transfer the army Also, it would help with the trading of goods within Canada and for people to travel across Canada efficiently.

3) Who did MacDonald get to invest in the CPR and what were their backgrounds? George Stephen, president of the Bank of Montreal, Donald Smith of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and James J. Hill. they had invested $100 000 to  St. Paul and Pacific Railway. Within four years, they had made a profit of $17 million.

4) What did MacDonald promise the Syndicate? Macdonald offered  $25 million in cash, a land grant of 25 million acres, and a monopoly west of Lake Superior for 20 years.

5) In order to get the benefits from the Government, what did the Syndicate have to do? CPR Syndicate was to complete the railway in 10 years.

6) What did the Syndicate do immediately upon being given the railway contract and why? the CPR Syndicate changed the planned route of the railway. Because the northern Prairies was good farmland, land speculators moved into the area. The Syndicate wanted to be in charge of the big project and the land the railway would cross. To do this they had to move the line 300 km south where there were no speculators. Now the CPR was in charge of  the location of railway stations and towns.

7) Why was William Van Horne hired as the new manager of the CPR in 1881? The Syndicate needed a new general manager for the railway, they need someone with drive and high energy so William Van Horne seemed like the right person.

8) Describe the achievements of Van Horne’s management. Van Horne’s arrival quickly energized the CPR – Van Hornoe brought drive and energy that made him work harder on his construction. He was able to have 800 km laid in 1882 and another 800 km the following year. With Van Horne in charge, the CPR could complete the railway in the 10 years given.

9) What problem did the railway face in 1883 and what was the solution? The company was running out of money, The thing costing the most money and most difficult to build had no yet be built in British Columbia. George Stephen and Donald Smith each pledged their entire personal fortunes to provide cash for construction that still wasent enough. The Canadian government passed a bill that provided another $22.5 million for the railway. Van Horne began cutting expenses, but they still needed more money. By the end of 1884,the CPR was almost out of money.

10) Where did the CPR enter into BC? Because of the CPR money troubles, the railway entering BC had to go through the Kicking Horse Pass which was further to the south instead of the Yellowhead Pass.

11) In 1867, why do you think the coast of BC required fewer days to get to from Ottawa than the interior of BC? I think that it required less time because you were able to go all the way around North America by sea which was still quicker than traveling over land.

May 25, 2016 Science 10, Socials 10 No Comments on Guiding questions p 197-201

Residential schools

a) Killing members of the group

“many of the people I was in school with have died”,  “A lot of them have been murdered.” – Carol Dawson

This shows a lot of people were murdered for their culture and life style.
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group

” I saw the abuse of other students” – Carol Dawson

Lots of girls and boys were abused in a variety of ways which effected lots in a mental way.

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

“At that time I believe the Native kids weren’t allowed to go to the public school system, so that’s when they sent us off to the Residential School.”

Canada was separating the groups of the First Nations people and the other kids in Canada.

May 20, 2016 Socials 10 No Comments on Residential schools

Sale of Ruperts Land

Belongs to the Metis Belongs to the HBC/Britain/Canada

– they believed that if they cleared and farmed the land, they owned it

– the Metis settled there first

– they took time to attend their land

– 80% of the population is Metis

– The HBC relied on the locals and Metis for employment

– The Metis Collected the furs And made the pemmican for trade

– The HBC didn’t talk to the Metis before making deals to sell it.

 

-The King of England gave them a charter, which meant they got trading monopoly over ruperts land.

– HBC ruled the trade in Ruperts land because of the charter that was placed.

– Employers of the HBC were considered owners of the land, after they had farmed or lived on it for three or more years.

– Canada purchesed the land from the HBC

– They had a good system That increased the amount of money coming in and the items that they are trading.

1) The Metis did have the right to complain about the sail of Ruperts land. It was the Metis land to start with. They collected all the fur and made the pemmican for the HBC, meaning that they did most of the work. They also lived on this land so it was very unfair that the Europeans were able to take it without the consent of the Metis. 80% of the population were Metis which mean the other 20% had control over selling Ruperts land when the majority didn’t want to sell it. The HBC relied of the local Metis for employment, which the Metis were happy to help out with but when it was there turn to do something for the Metis they failed to even consider the opinions of the Metis. I think it was unfair for the Metis not to have control over the land just because of some charter that the King of England gave to the HBC. Overall the Metis were left out of a very important decision that they should have had a word in so I think they have the right to complain.

If I was in the Metis position I would feel very used. The Metis put a lot of work in to make the HBC happy and for the HBC to go behind the backs of the Metis I would feel very betrayed. I would do similar to what the Metis did and complain a lot about what had happened.

A modern day analogy to this would be = I bought a new shirt that was nice, I would only wear it on special occasions, but my friend loved it so she would borrow it every once and a while, as time went on she started wearing it more and more until one day it wasn’t to small for her so she decided to sell it to her neighbor without telling me. The next day I see her neighbour and find out what she has done and now I am very angry at her.

 

May 8, 2016 Socials 10, Uncategorized No Comments on Sale of Ruperts Land

The Battle of seven Oaks

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The Battle of Seven Oaks started because of the Governor of the Selrik Colony who created a law where pemmican was to not be shared with people out of their colony this was called pemmican proclamation. He then created another law stating that running Buffalo was illegal, this stopped the aboriginals from receiving food, clothing, and income. The Metis didn’t like how he was messing with their life. The Metis threatened to burn crops and houses down in anger, they also threatened to steal animals and the colony’s agricultural tools. The Battle between HBC and the Metis only ended up lasting 15 minutes. The HBC wanted to drive the remaining men out of the red rivers area. After this battle colonists left the colony and Metis and the English speaking individuals became very distant. The Metis also became a allied group with values and economy.

Causes – Selkirk invited colonist to settle between Metis and NWC trade routes.
Selkirk settlers couldn’t grow enough food.
Selkirk colonist depended on pemmican trade with Metis.
Miles McDonald of the Hudson Bay company created a law called the pemmican proclamation. This law banned the selling and trading of pemmican and running of the buffaloes. These two things was the main source of income, food, and clothing for the metis and aboriginal people.
HBC were expanding their trade into the territory of the NWC
The scottish arrived after suffering from cold, inadequate clothing and transportation and hunger.
NWC and Metis start attacking

Components – NWC captured HBC’s pemmican boats, stole their pemmican, and took over their fort hoping that this will starve the selkirk settlers.
15 minute battle
NWC stealing pemmican
Grant transporting the stolen HBC pemmican
Robert Semple rides out with 21 men to intercept Cuthbert Grant
Grant had 65 people with him.
Cuthbert Grant and the Metis win – Semple is killed

Consequences- Colonist left the colony putting an end to the first british agricultural settlement
Men from the NWC were arrested and massacred by Selkirk.
Selkirk takes over NWC forts and arrests workers
Metis now believe the British are a danger to their way of life
Buffalo hunting and permanent agriculture agriculture cannot co-exist

In the picture above it I think the prospective is that the Metis are attacking the settlers for taking over there land.

May 5, 2016 Socials 10 No Comments on The Battle of seven Oaks

Aboriginal Fur Trade

1)How were Aboriginal people depicted in early accounts of the fur trade?

Aboriginal people trade with Europe, they can no longer provide for themselves with out the help of the Europeans. They trade with the Europeans for technology and supplies.

2) What does newer evidence show to be more accurate about Aboriginals in the fur trade?

There was no evidence but the tendency for Indians to depend on these traders, and the risk that the trader was taking was similar to what the Indians were taking. If shipping fails and they become dependent on the resources of there country.

3) In what ways did Europeans adapt to Aboriginal economic traditions?

Europeans were forced to bargain within Aboriginal terms, and give fights as a central part of the trading process.

4) Why did Europeans have to adapt to Aboriginal commerce?

Behaviour of Aboriginal people was not that different from the behaviour of the Europeans who were profit-driven and market-oriented.

5) How would you characterize Cree and Assiniboine economic ability and methods?

The Cree and Assiniboine have the ability to absorb different habitat zones, compromise the new ideas, methods, ands technology this allowed them to turn the economic system.

6) After 1670, how did the Cree and Assiniboine show their economic flexibility?

Both the Cree and Assiniboine groups were tired from going east as trappers in the French/Ottawa system of trade, these groups quickly assumed the role of middlemen in the HBC trade. They then pushed their trading and trapping areas northwest with the help from the Europeans.

7) How would you describe the Cree and Assiniboine inland trade strategies?

The Cree and Assiniboine kept taking over control of the inland York Factory trade, They created a trading blockade and monopoly of the trade, they would trade with interior groups as there strategies.

8) How and why did the Aboriginal middlemen’s role change in the late 18th century?

Cree and Assiniboine began to move towards the south as a result of changing economic orientation. The trading houses were established in the parkland and the plains to easily receive and store the pemmican, grease, and dried meat.The Aboriginals began to serve the food for trading companies.

9) How did the Cree and Assiniboine retain independence from European technologies?

They needed a variety of metal goods that the Europeans had, they placed a higher price on cloth and blankets that the different people living in the parklands and grasslands.

May 3, 2016 Socials 10 No Comments on Aboriginal Fur Trade