Live Blogging with E7/8 + Thought of the week for April 5th- 12th

Hello everyone!

Today we are doing live blogging in class and doing some research on questions on Miss Pollock's blog . Then we are going to have a class discussion on April 7th and talk about the questions. My partner is Froher, she has a link on her blog to my blog of this post.

Here are the Questions:

1 .-How did the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway change Canada?

2. -What were some of the causes of the Red River Rebellion?

3. -What were some of the effects of the Red River Rebellion?

4.-What would life for a Canadian look like, feel like and be like at this time in our history? (1881-1885 - construction of the CPR, 1869 - Red River Rebellion)

*(we don't have to answer all the questions we just have to have enough information to be papered for the class discussion)

The Canadian Pacific Railways have a lot of impact on now a days.



Here' the Information on the Questions---

1.) Jot Notes for Question 1

-it provided people a better source of transportation

-It helped unify Canadians from see to sea.

- Manitoba became a province

- lots of innocent people dies because of making the railway.

- The railways were started in 1881 1865 and were finished in 1885.

-Now we don't really use the railway as much because we have quicker transportation,

but it was really useful back then, then caring things it wagons, and quicker to get places.

- So there are lots of benefits of making the railway but there are some things that were not good.

2.) Jot notes for Question 2

-The Hudson’s Bay Company withdrew its rule of Rupert’s Land On January 1869 and sold it to the Canadian government (for $1.5 million) without any consideration for the rights and lives of the people living there

-Canadian surveyors began to survey the Metis land around the Red River On June 1869, changing the land division from long, narrow strips to square township lots

-Louis Riel, future leader of the Metis on October 11, 1869 and stopped surveyors trespassing on Andre Nault’s land by stepping on their chains

-Riel formed the National Committee of the Metis, a council to decide how to protect the Metis’ land On October 18, 1869.

-Riel and the Metis captured Fort Garry On November 2, 1869, a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post in the Red River settlement, and set up a provisional government there

-Late November in 1860 Lieutenant-Governor William McDougall arrived at Red River settlement to govern the new territory and was stopped and sent away by a band of armed Metis.

-Hudson’s Bay Company’s land was now supposed to be ruled by the Canadian government On December 1,1869 but the transfer was postponed because of the uncertainty surrounding the Metis and Red River settlement situation.

-A group of armed Canadians including Thomas Scott, an Ontario man who was adamantly against the Metis and their ways, marched into the Red River settlement and tried to attack Fort Garry On January 1870,
The group was caught Riel put them in jail.

-Late January 1870

John A. Macdonald sent Donald A. Smith, a Canadian government messenger, to the Red River settlement to explain to the Metis how Canada intended to govern their colony and to report back to Ottawa on what the Metis wanted.

-Early February 1870

Smith returned to Ottawa, having pleased and relieved the Metis (for the time being)
He brought back with him the Metis’ Bill of Rights.

-Scott continued to cause trouble by threatening and insulting the Metis, Riel ordered him brought to trial in Late February 1870.

-After being found guilty of his charge, Scott was sentenced to die and executed by a firing squad, On March 4,1870.

-On March 11, 1870 the news has reached Ontario, E.

News of Scott’s death reached Ontario, English-speakers were outraged and demanded Riel be hanged for Scott’s murder

-July 15, 1870

Red River settlement was named Manitoba and entered into Confederation after Riel’s provisional government finally came to an agreement with Ottawa

-Late July 1870

MacDonald sent troops to the Red River area to prevent any further trouble
Some Ontarian troops decided to avenge Scott’s death by killing Metis who had been involved with his sentencing
Riel’s followers strongly advised him to flee for fear of his life and Riel left by horseback for the United States immediately

-The Canadian government thought that the farmland which belongs to the metis family were a great area for the the English-speaking people from Ontario to settle in. They didn't even ask the metis.

- The metis weren't taken seriously, so Louis Riel killed Thomas Scott to make Canadians understand that the metis should be taken seriously, They have rights.

- People were invading the metis lands.

Jot Notes for Question 3:

-Death of Louise Riel

(November 16 1885)

How he died-

He got hanged at his execution.

Why he died-

Well, when Louise Riel wrote the list of rights some people thought that it was evidence that he wanted to overthrow the government. So that's how this whole thing started When he started his own government, the Canadian Government saw it as a revolution which means they thought he wanted to overthrow the government and also, a man named Thomas Scott wanted to overthrow his government, and when they executed him for this, people blamed Riel for "killing" an "innocent" person, even though it wasn't really his fault. There were many things that he did that made other people hate him.

- Thomas Scott got executed

-The English-speaking Canadian thought that by killing Thomas Scott they were enraging anti-catholic and anti-french sentiment in Ontario.

- People were looking for Louis Riel just to kill him.



Jot Notes For Question Number 4:


- The appearance of the whole country in general would be different

- The landscapes, the mountains and the lakes would be different from today.
For instance to make the railway they had to break down most of the mountains to continue the railway.

- People worked harder back then, because they didn't have much technology, and useful tools to help them with jobs such as: Opening a can or bottle, There were know computer's so they had to write letters by hand and much more.





Here's the thought of the week:

"One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. -Albert Einstein "


I was going to post the thought of the week on Sunday since I have been putting it on that day,but since I was going to post this pot on Monday I thought why not just wait one more day and put the thought of the week on this post.



Sites and sources:

1.http://www.answers.com/topic/canadian-pacific-railway-2

2. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006727

3. http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/nmeadows/Smith/1870%20Conflict%20(Tbl).htm

4. http://www.oakbay.sd61.bc.ca/staff/salexander/courses/socials-10/documents/red_river_rebellion_timeline.pdf

5. http://www.oakbay.sd61.bc.ca/staff/salexander/courses/socials-10/documents/red_river_rebellion_notes.pdf

6.http://www.shsb.mb.ca/Riel/erebellion.htm

7.- Text book

Cheers,

Sarah and Froher

*** update***

If anyone was wondering about why it says I posted this on March 31, instead of April 6th that's because I started It one March 31st and kept saving it as a draft, and than finally posted it today ( April 6th).