The West

By lucywilliams

  • Gold was discovered in the Cariboo gold fields

  • the USA purchased Alaska USA from Russia

  • Hudson's Bay Company agreed to sell its land to Canada

  • Manitoba Act was passed

  • Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed

  • Riel was sentenced to hang and was executed

  • The North-West Territories Act gave the Territories its own lieutenant-governor to be stationed at Battleford

  • The Territories were given an elected assembly, but not responsible government

  • The population in the West increased from 98,967 in 1890 to 417,960

  • North-West Territories was divided into two territories