Settling the West

5. The descendants of the First Nations people and European people in the area that is now Manitoba
7. Louis Riel set up this type of government to try and negotiate on behalf of the Metis an First Nations in the Northwest Territories
10. This is the number of treaties that were signed between the Canadian government and First Nations
11. The Prime Minister of Canada during the North-West Resistance
13. This was the capital of Alberta after it was created in 1905
15. This territory was created as a result of a gold rush in 1896
16. What happened to Louis Riel as a result of his role in the two rebellions
17. An agreement between nations regarding land ownership
18. Dried buffalo meat mixed with berries that was bought and sold by Metis traders
19. This group kept law and order during the Yukon gold rush
23. This was completed in 1885 making settlement of the West much easier for Canada
24. Living conditions in cities in the late 1800s
25. Member of the NWMP who helped keep law and order during the Yukon Gold Rush

1. The growth of large industries in a region as a result of new technology
2. People who were ready to fight at a moment's notice who were granted land in Red River and later the Northwest Territories
3. Taxes placed on imported goods to try and protect Canada's economy
4. The leader of the rebels during the North-West Resistance
6. This resource was found in the Northwest Territories and led to the creation of the a new territory
8. their land
9. This was the name of the treaties that were signed with the First Nations by the Canadian government
12. John A Macdonald's plan to make Canada stronger and get re-elected as Prime Minister
14. A policy made the government of Canada after the treaties were signed to get the First Nations
20. This was the capital of Saskatchewan after it was created in 1905
21. A new kind of wheat that grew more quickly and was a crop in Western Canada
22. This was built to improve transportation and move crops and people across the country quickly