1)
Answer
the key question in a multi-paragraph composition using the information above
and stating why the land belongs to one and
why it shouldn’t belong to the other. Create a modern-day analogy to help us
understand your argument.
The Metis didn’t have a right to
complain. They may have begun plans with it but it wasn’t rightfully theirs. So
if HBC wanted to sell Rupert’s Land they shouldn’t have a say whatsoever. The
discussion we had in class is exactly what this is. If HBC wants to sell the
land they are able to. The Metis didn’t ask permission to cultivate some of the
land (which I guess would add value maybe) so there is no argument. So no, the Metis
didn’t have a right to complain.
2)
If
you were the Metis, what would you do in response to the sale of Rupert’s Land?
Introduce what was discussed in class and explain your thoughts.
If
I were the Metis I would cope with the fact that it isn’t our land and move
elsewhere. The Metis knew that it wasn’t their land and just begun to utilize
it, they should have known that it was HBC’s and whatever they want to do with
it goes. Their land, their rules.
But remember, the Metis built a home there and they had never acknowledged that the land belonged to the HBC. The only ones who acknowledged that the land belonged to Britain was Britain.
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