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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.
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ReplyDeleteQuestion: 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.
No I do not think an armed resistance is ever justified because of the consequences. In this resistance there were 3 bad outcomes. First, many deaths occured on both sides Canada and the Metis. At Duck Lake, 12 NWMP soilders led by Sup Crozier died, 11 were wounded and 5 Metis led by Dumont were killed. At Frog Lake 9 NWMP soilders including a govt agent were killed by Big Bear. At Batoche, 25 of Middleton's troops and Dumont's group were dead. Second,lots of money was wasted on expensive guns, ammunition and supplies. Mac donald had to transport and equip 8000 soldiers with guns, ammunition and supplies. The Metis and the Natives used all their resourses on this resistance. Third and final point there was no real decision made at the end the 99 day armed resistance. The Metis,as well as Poundmaker and Big Bear all surrendered. Dumont fled to the US. Reil gave himself up. Canada did not come to any decision about the Natives and Metis. Macdonald was faced with the decision to execute Riel or jail him.
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