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In honor of Prince Rupert, on 2 May 1670 Charles II of England gifted a territory in British North America to the Hudson's Bay Company. It consisted of the Hudson Bay drainage basin and included all land in which the rivers drained into the Hudson Bay. Prince Rupert was the first governor of the company.
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SteveOn May 2, 1670, King Charles II of England incorporated, by Royal Charter, 'The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England tradeing [sic] into Hudsons [sic] Bay.' The Governor was Prince Rupert, a cousin of the King. Later, the company became known as 'the Hudson's Bay Company' (HBC). The Charter included provisions granting HBC a trading monopoly in an area that comprised all the land that drained into Hudson Bay, and further establishing the HBC as a propriatory colony. In other words, HBC owned the land, governed the land, and had the exclusive right to conduct business within the land. The territory thus owned by HBC was enormous. It included about a third of modern-day Canada, as well as substantial parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. That territory became known as 'Rupert's Land,' after King Charles' cousin, Prince Rupert.
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Where had the Metis fled after the red river rebellion?
They did not flee, they held their ground, putting Canada into the position of purging the land of Metis and other people included in their purchase of Ruperts Land. Canada choose to blame just the leaders who fled to the United States as refugees.
How did the Metis act when Ruperts land was purchased by Canada?
Today the term Metis refer to all those of European and Aboriginal mixed blood but when Canada purchased Ruperts Land, complete with people, Metis referred to French and Aboriginal mixed bloods. Most mixed bloods in Ruperts Land were Scottish Aboriginal or British Aboriginal and that is still the case for Western Canada. This answer will refer to all those of European Aboriginal mixed blood as Metis. They responded as anyone would if they had found themselves being sold to a new country without being consulted. First with questions, then with action which included creating their own government to talk to Canada with. Canada would not accept any such governments in their colonies and responded violently. The Metis and other met violence with violence but were out numbered and out gunned.
What did the National Assembly do with Church land they seized?
A. They sold the land to pay off debt. B. They divided the land amongst the peasants. C. They used the land to compensate nobles who lost land. D. They redistributed the land equally amongst the people
Social position and power during the feudal period were based on?
Land ownership
What divided western land into townships back in colonial days?
The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for the land to be divided.
