the red river rebellion started in 1869.
the red river rebellion started in 1869.
when did the red river rebellion start ?
1869
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the red river rebellion (or the red river resistance, red river uprising, or first riel rebellion) was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by the métis leader louis riel and his followers at the red river colony, in what is now the canadian province of manitoba. for a period it had been a territory called rupert's land under control of the hudson's bay company.
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mactavish was afraid to put his métis sympathies into use, for fear of causing even more trouble. rather than putting his power as governor into use, he focused instead on smaller minute details, aud this was the cause for his eventual demise. being governor of both assiniboia and rupert's land, he had a considerable power in both the political sphere and fur trading realm of canadian society, and this power could have made effective effort to stop the red river rebellion. it has been noted that he suspected a political uprising, but chose not to report it to ottawa. his lack of action and his hatred for politics was a major factor in why the red river rebellion continued. many chief traders, and other high up men in the hbc, mad very public their aversion to how mactavish handled the political situation that was the red river rebellion.
william mactavish