Assignment 9.5, Live Blogging

Grade 8s


-What were some of the causes of the Red River Rebellion?

-The English legal system allowed more individual rights than French settlers had
-Farmers needed roads more than canals
-The farmers objected to the use of tax money for canal building
-which favoured the businessmen more than farms
-Lower Canada concerned about losing their French culture and language
-Afraid to lose privileges given to the Anglican church
-most of the population were Catholic
- Violence broke out in Montreal
-Papineau's ideas became more radical and republican
- Government came to a halt
- assembly did not pass bills to raise taxes to pay for government salaries
- governor continued to have salaries paid without the legal right to do so
-Papineau's supporters became more radical
-Upper Canada the government was run by a few wealthy families (Family Compact)
-Ordinary settlers became frustrated with this form of government
-ideas for a different kind of government came from the democratic ideas of the United States
-new Reform movement that was taking place in Britain
-1837 rebels in Upper Canada planned an uprising
















-What were some of the causes of the Red River Rebellion?

-What were some of the effects of the Red River Rebellion?

-What would life for a Canadian look like, feel like and be like at this time in our history?

Assignment 9, The Canadian Pacific Railway

March 8th, 1882

Dear diary,

This is my first entry in this journal and I hope I get to read my entries when i get back home to China. Just in case I don't make it I should tell who I am. I am a Chinese woman named Cybele P.Lin. Yes I know, I am a girl working on the railroads. So far I am the only woman here, though they don't know that because right now they think I am a man names Julian P. Lin. When Mr. Delory showed up with his group of workers to higher (more like tell) Chinese men to work for him that needed the money and had troubles filling there families needs, they wouldn't let me go with them. I am a strong independent women that doesn't need big men to tell me what I can and and cannot do! So I did it. I disguised myself as a man and got in with no problem. Its amazing how short hair and baggy clothes can change a persons perspective! Anyways so after I got in with the 17 000 Chinese men, we all traveled to BC to face the crazy bombs and exploding mountains while trying to build a railroad to stretch from one side of the country to the other. And now I'm just about to go to sleep in a crazy, crowded tent on the first night of being a male. Wish me luck! ill talk to you tomorrow, Goodnight.

March 8th, 1882

Dear Diary,

Today I am frustrated, sad, and tired. I have just finished a long day of running in and out of exploding mountains, carrying wood around and traveling 40 km with all my gear, when needing to a leave to a different area to build. Its very exhausting work, especially when you are only getting paid 1$ a day! Now if everyone was getting paid 1$ a day, I wouldn't complain, just the thing is that only people from my country are getting paid 1$ day! The rest of the people here are getting 1.50 to 2.50 a day!! How unfair is that! And we need the money more then they do anyways! Well, I guess that's what I'm going to have to live with for the next billion days I'm here. At least I'm getting some money to come home with for my 3 kids, if I end up surviving to get home to my kids! Its absolutely horrible what they are making the people from my country do! they are the only ones risking there lives to blow up these huge mountains! I have already seem many people not make it out in good condition, or even alive. At least i have not been assigned to do anything too dangerous, well.. at least not yet.

March 10th, 1882

Dear Diary,

This is horrible! There's people dieing all over the place! Including my friend Maadai Cabal that I just met a few days ago. I don't think I can stand it anymore! Sseeing body's after body's coming through to get help. lucky for me, I haven't gotten instructed to do one of those dangerous bombings of a mountain but I might have to soon. Its funny, you see many workers exploding the mountains but no Europeans ! What a surprise. We do all the work and they get paid more, it makes me sick. Oh, and speaking of sick, not only are people dieing of explosions but there dieing of scurvy. No wonder everyone's dieing of scurvy! All you eat is rice, dry salmon and some disgusting tasting tea! No fruits, no vegetables, no vitamin C. All I hope for, is to survive.

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