Red River Resistance

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The Red River Resistance was an 1869–1870 uprising led largely by the Métis under Louis Riel in the Red River Colony, which challenged Canadian expansion and led to the creation of the province of Manitoba.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Red River Resistance canonical 10
Red River Rebellion 8
Red River Uprising 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Red River Rebellion ⓘ
Red River Uprising ⓘ
cause Canadian expansion into the Northwest ⓘ
Métis concerns over cultural and political rights ⓘ
Métis concerns over land rights ⓘ
transfer of Rupert's Land from Hudson's Bay Company to Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
endDate 1870 ⓘ
followedBy arrival of Canadian troops in Red River ⓘ
flight of Louis Riel into exile ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to later North-West Resistance of 1885 ⓘ
delayed Canadian control over the Red River region ⓘ
increased tensions between Métis and Canadian government ⓘ
shaped Canadian westward expansion policy ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Métis provisional government ⓘ
languageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Michif ⓘ
leader Louis Riel ⓘ
location Red River Colony ⓘ
Rupert's Land ⓘ
present-day Manitoba ⓘ
opponent Government of Canada ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
participant Anglo-Métis ⓘ
linked to: Métis

First Nations people ⓘ
Métis ⓘ
partOf colonial history of Canada ⓘ
history of Western Canada ⓘ
precededBy negotiations over sale of Rupert's Land ⓘ
relatedTo Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Manitoba Act, 1870 ⓘ
North-West Resistance ⓘ
history of the Métis people ⓘ
result creation of the province of Manitoba ⓘ
entry of Manitoba into Canadian Confederation ⓘ
passage of the Manitoba Act, 1870 ⓘ
recognition of certain Métis land rights in Manitoba Act ⓘ
linked to: Manitoba Act, 1870
significantEvent establishment of a provisional government at Red River ⓘ
execution of Thomas Scott ⓘ
seizure of Upper Fort Garry ⓘ
linked to: Fort Garry
startDate 1869 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Métis → notableHistoricalEvent → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Red River Colony → significantEvent → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Red River Colony → conflict → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Manitoba Act, 1870 → historicalContext → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Manitoba Act, 1870 → relatedEvent → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River Resistance → alsoKnownAs → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River Resistance → alsoKnownAs → Red River Uprising ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Louis Riel → led → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Fort Garry → associatedWithEvent → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
St. Norbert → historicalEvent → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley → conflict → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
subject linked to: Garnet
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River Expedition → partOf → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River Expedition → hasCause → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River Expedition → relatedTo → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Red River Expedition → conflict → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River of the North region → significantEvent → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Deed of Surrender → relatedTo → Red River Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Red River Resistance
Red River Settlement → significantEvent → Red River Resistance ⓘ
Red River Settlement → conflict → Red River Resistance ⓘ