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Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
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ReplyDeleteI do not think that an uprising like the North-West resistance is justified because even though the Metis were not having their demands from the Manitoba Act being met by the Canadian government an uprising was not necessary. The Metis’ demands were not met and they what over reacted by starting a movement and started a war that did not need to start in the first place. In the end it wasn’t really worth starting the Metis starting the North-West resistance because the Metis lost to the Canadian government because they were outnumbered and out gunned. Also the Canadian government did want to look weak to their neighbors the USA so they took action and destroyed the North-West movement. In conclusion I believe that the Metis over reacted when their demands were not met by the Canadian government by starting the North-West resistance so the Canadian government had every right to jail and or kill the Metis.
Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the North- West Resistance can be justified. I think that the Métis People had many reasons to be unhappy with the Canadians. One reason that the Métis were so enraged was because in they were not given many items on the Manitoba Act that were included in the Métis Bill of Rights. For example, the Manitoba Act did not state that amnesty would be granted for actions occurring during the resistance or that they would have the right to approve or reject any federal government laws affecting the Red River Area. Another reason why the Métis were furious was because the Canadian Government was slow at distributing land grants. This resulted in their land becoming over populated with European Settlers. A third reason why the Métis People were angry was because of the pressure with the return of Louis Riel. When he returned, the attitude of the Canadians was against them. It was unfortunate that this anger resulted in violence, but I strongly believe that the Métis People had reasons to be so irritated with the Canadians.
Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
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Yes, uprisings like the North-West Resistance are justified, but only if there are no other options. One of the main causes of the Red River Rebellion was the fact that the government didn’t listen. They disregarded the Métis’ opinions and those actions (sending in land surveyors without their permission, etc.) fuelled this bloodless rebellion. In the few months leading to the North-West Resistance, we see that the government hasn’t learned from their mistakes. They stood by their policy of ignoring the Métis. Frustrated, they were driven to physical violence. This seemed like the only way that they could be heard.
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Explain your answer.
Yes, I think uprising like the North -West resistance is justified because the government wasn’t listening to the Métis. The government didn’t give the Métis all the items on the Manitoba Act that were on the Métis bill of rights. The Métis were outranged when the Canadian government just sat back while the Métis land was beginning to be over populated with Europeans settlers. Another ridiculous reason why the Métis were furious was because when Louis Riel returned the Canadians were against the Métis people immediately. The immense amount of conflict between the Métis and the Canadians resulted with and armed force on the Métis end but I certainly believe that they had every right to have weapons on them.
Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
ReplyDeleteThe North-West Resistance was regarded as the only alternative due to lack of progress during negotiations with the government.
Even though this was the choice of last resort,this act of desperation resulted in needless loss of life and injury. So my answer is no. If the world were able to commit crimes without consequences there would be total chaos. This relates to Martin Luther King Jr. and his campaign of civil disobedience to achieve equality. However this was achieved with no violence unlike the Resistance.
Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
ReplyDeleteYes, the uprising like the North West Resistnace is justified. The big reason why i think this is true is because the Canadian Government was listening to the Metis. Looking back the Metis were ferious when the european settlers came and just decided to settle along their land. Therefore, the NOrth-West Territories and the Metis sent 15 petitioners to govern regardng athourities about land rights. Another reason is, the Metis also made a living by transporting goods. The Metis also traded Buffalo meat,and robes for income and other products.
Those are two reasons why the North-West resistance was justifies.
Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
ReplyDeleteI think that uprising like the North-West Resistance can be justified. I believe this because I think that the Métis people had many adequate reasons to be angered with the Canadians. First off, the Métis had a small population and as a result of that it was hard for their voice to be heard, and by starting this resistance they would be seen as powerful and people would listen to them. Also, countless settlers had settled in their land which changed the way of life for the Métis as a result. In response to petitions that had been sent, the government slowly sent out land grants to certain Métis. All these causes irritated the Métis, and they felt that starting a resistance was the only way which they could be heard.
Question: Are uprisings like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
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Yes, uprisings like the North-West Resistance are justified because under the circumstances they can be a lot more effective and help force the people you are resisting to pay attention to you. An example of this in the North- West Resistance is when Thomas Scott a 28-year-old labourer from Ontario who consistently insulted the Métis’ culture and religion was executed. The punishment for Thomas Scott was definitely harsh but, it certainly got the attention of the Canadian government. The government retaliated by sending troops to the Red River settlement causing the Métis leader (Louis Riel) to flee. Years after, Riel returned to lead the Métis and after listening to their complaints about pour treatment sent a petition to Sir John A MacDonald asking for some of the promises that were in their treaty that were not honoured back as well as some new rights that were denied in the treaty. Some examples of these are control over natural resources, a responsible government, provincial status for the district of Saskatchewan and representation in the Cabinet and Parliament. Even though their requests were denied the government knew that the Métis would only put up with ill treatment for so much longer before they got angry.
Are uprising like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
ReplyDeleteYes, the North-West Resistance can be justified the Métis people had many reasons to be upset with the Canadian government and the Canadians. They weren’t granted many rights on the Manitoba act, some of them were on the Métis Bill of Rights. The process was slow this made the Métis extremely angry. Unfortunately the only way to be heard was with bloody violence.
Question: Are uprisings like the North-West Resistance ever justified? Explain your answer.
ReplyDeleteI believe the North-West resistance was justified because if you want to get a point out sometimes you have to fight for it to be heard. I think this because when the Métis fought back and seized Fort Gary the Canadian Government started listening to the Métis. The constant rebel from the Métis made the Manitoba Act.
Uprising’s like the North-West Resistance is not justified because even though the Métis got the province of Manitoba the rights that they wanted were not met and they only got about 2 of those laws. The laws that Louis Riel tried to get and failed to get the laws which made more blood shed and a war was created. Another reason why the North-West Resistance was not justified is because Riel turned himself in and all those lives were lost for nothing. All it was a war that the North-West Resistance gave up after 99 days of thousand ‘s of people dieing. So no it didn’t justify anything but lost lives for no reason to give up in the end.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that uprisings like the North-West Resistance are justified. Though I do not think that violence is the right way to solve problems, sometimes to become noticed and have your message be heard, you have to result in such a matter. In the North-West Resistance, the Canadian government was cheating the Métis of their rights and ownership of their land. The Government did not want to listen to the Métis demands and ignored them. The Métis did not want to lose their culture and everything that was rightfully theirs. This encouraged them to start a bloodless rebellion. The Métis carried out their plan beginning with the successful seizing of Fort Garry but the Canadian Government continued to ignore them, which eventually led to acts of violence and the creation of the Manitoba Act. If the Canadian Government listened to what the Métis had to say in the first place and acted fairly, the Métis would not have had to rebel. This shows that it had been justified.
I belive that the North-West Resistance was justified. The resistance was justified because the Metis were being ignored and rejected from having any rights at all. The resistance was because Canada bought Ruperts Land on false terms the Government of Canada did not give any reconition towards the Metis or any of the first nations people living in the area of Ruperts Land. I think that the Metis only captured Fort Garry to acknowledge the Canadiens that they were living there. In fact the Metis did not shed blood in the capture of Fort Garry but Mac Donald still saw them as a threat for capturing Fort Garry. The resistance was not meant as a threat to anybody but as a way of telling the Canadiens that they were living there. So in my eyes the Canadiens were actually driving the Metis right out of there homes.
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