Unit 2: Settling/Colonizing Western Canada
Important Events and Issues
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Settling the West
The National Policy 1879 Numbered Treaties 1871-1921 Increasing immigration Clifford Sifton Metis lifestyle changes Declining buffalo populations Red River Rebellion 1869 Creation of Manitoba 1870 BC joins confederation 1871 PEI joins confederation 1873 Metis bill of rights of 1869 North-West Rebellion 1885 Louis Riel Gabriel Dumont |
Aboriginal Peoples
The Gradual Civilization act of 1857 The Indian act of 1876 Status Indians' legal status BC Qualification of voters act 1872 St. Catherine's Milling case 1888 Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear) Nahnebahwequay (Catherine Sutton) Potlatch ban in BC 1885 Residential Schools 1880-1996 Duncan Cambell Scott Tom Longboat Pauline Johnson Immigrants Restrictions on Chinese immigration Mutual aid societies BC qualification of voters act Chinese railway workers Kwong Lee The Orange Order Chinese head tax 'continuous journey' and the Komagata Maru incident British home children Anti-Asian riots in Vancouver |
Assessments
Major Assessments
1. Louis Riel: Hero or Villain?/ John A. Mac: Keep his name up or take it down?
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2. Indigenous Peoples, Immigrants and Canada: Comparing the Past and Present
3. Chapter Four Questions and Political Cartoon
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| political_cartoon_assignment.docx |
Resources
The National Policy
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Aboriginal Rights
Native Treaties in Canada
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Red River and North West Rebellion
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Immigrants and Canada
Past Work
| visual_summary_and_analysis_colonization_western_canada_assignment.docx |
Visual Summary and Analysis of the Colonization of Canada Rough Work
| chapter_four_questions.docx |