The+Red+River+Rebellion

What were the events that caused the Red River Rebellion and what were the results (back then and now)?

Three things: British incompetence, Métis pride, and both groups trying to use the same land. Well, and necessity for food/income. The British set up camp on the Red River in 1812. By the time they finally arrived, though, they realized they hadn't brought enough food, and it was autumn, so they couldn't grow anything. The Métis had pity on them and gave them food for the winter. A mistake, as it happens. The Scottish governor, MacDonald, issued a proclamation saying all stores of pemmican, a Métis export, were to be given to the colonists. The Métis depended on the sale of pemmican for income, however, and they couldn't survive without money either. The Métis were not to be meekly forced off their land by some Brit with a squared map, either. The colonists built Fort Douglas and Fort Garry at river junctions. These they had to build multiple times, as they were burned down by angry Métis residents. And honestly, if an alien in a flying saucer laid a claim to your house, would you pack a suitcase and go? You'd tell him to stuff it. Period. So that's what the Métis did. With fire. They lost, but they stood up for themselves all the same.

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Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Rebellion http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006727 http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/RedRiverRebellion.html http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/fenian/red-river.htm http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/18/redriverrebellion.shtml http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/images/intro_e.html