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Manitoba Emerges from Red River Crisis to Join Confederation
In 1870 the Dominion of Canada acquired Rupert’s Land, prompting Métis under Louis Riel to resist. After seizures at Fort Garry and talks with Ottawa, Manitoba was established as a province on its own terms on May 12, 1870, with Riel later executed in 1885 for leading the rebellion.
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Confederation
Dominion of Canada
British North America
Rupert's Land
Rupert’s Land
Colony of
Assiniboia
Forks
Red
Assiniboie
Hudson's Bay Company
Red River Valley
Government of
Canada
Red River
Riel
Fort Garry
Smith
Reil
Ottawa
Sir J. A. MacDonald
Manitoba
North-West
United States
Regina