CanadaHistory 48 · Canada’s history

True or false? After leading an armed uprising in the North-West in 1885, Louis Riel was tried for high treason and executed.

  1. aTrueCorrect answer
  2. bFalse

Why?

This is true. The 1885 rebellion in what is now Saskatchewan was defeated, and Riel was hanged in Regina in November 1885. Many French Canadians were angry about his execution.

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