Red River Expedition

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The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.

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Label Occurrences
Red River Expedition canonical 3
Red River expedition of 1852 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military expedition ⓘ
aftermath increased tensions between Métis and Canadian authorities ⓘ
military presence in the new province of Manitoba ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wolseley Expedition ⓘ
commander Garnet Wolseley ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Wolseley
composedOf British regular troops ⓘ
Canadian militia units ⓘ
conflict Red River Rebellion ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1870-05 ⓘ
1870-08 ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
followedBy creation of the province of Manitoba ⓘ
hasCause Red River Rebellion ⓘ
establishment of Louis Riel's provisional government ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-Confederation Canada ⓘ
location Red River Colony ⓘ
Rupert's Land ⓘ
present-day Manitoba ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
militaryStrength approximately 1,200 soldiers ⓘ
namedAfter Red River of the North ⓘ
notableCommander Garnet Wolseley ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Wolseley
objective assert Canadian federal authority in Red River Colony ⓘ
respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government ⓘ
secure transfer of Rupert's Land to Canada ⓘ
opponent provisional government of Red River ⓘ
supporters of Louis Riel ⓘ
organizedBy Canadian federal government ⓘ
Government of Canada ⓘ
partOf Canadian expansion into the West ⓘ
Red River Rebellion ⓘ
relatedTo Louis Riel ⓘ
Manitoba Act, 1870 ⓘ
Red River Resistance ⓘ
Rupert's Land transfer ⓘ
result consolidation of Canadian control over Red River region ⓘ
flight of Louis Riel from Red River ⓘ
occupation of Red River Colony by Canadian and British forces ⓘ
routeTaken through northern Ontario to Lake of the Woods ⓘ
via Great Lakes and overland portages ⓘ
significance helped establish Canadian sovereignty in the West ⓘ
precedent for later Canadian military expeditions in the Northwest ⓘ
startTime 1870 ⓘ
year 1870 ⓘ

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

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley → participatedIn → Red River Expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Wolseley
Red River campaign → alsoKnownAs → Red River Expedition ⓘ
Randolph B. Marcy → notableExpedition → Red River expedition of 1852 ⓘ
linked to: Red River Expedition
James Farquharson Macleod → participatedIn → Red River Expedition ⓘ