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The rebellion had officially ended once the military contingents had arrived.
Following the military contingents arriving in Fort Garry, Riel withdrew without violence. Riel had been cautioned that the soldiers may harm him if he did not cooperate with ease. Riel was not given amnesty for the political assistance he had provided in the rebellion. Therefore Riel departed to the United States.
People of Ontario were bothered by Thomas Scott's death and insisted that Riel be arrested and the "rebellion" be ended.
This mission is known as the Red River Expedition or the Wolsely expedition. Colonel Garnet Wolsely led this mission with Canadian and British soldiers.
Once the Manitoba Act was passed the government of Canada made a military mission to Manitoba in order to ensure the authority of the federal government.
Riel fought to have Manitoba become a province and finally in 1870 the Canadian government passed the Manitoba Act. This means that the Red River Settlement became the province of Manitoba. The Manitoba Act also allowed French schools and ensured that the practices of Catholics were kept intact.
The Metis became angered towards the people who apposed the provisional government. During this period of time a man named Thomas Scott had threatened to murder Louis Riel. The Metis people arrested, had a trail and finally decide to execute Scott.
Then McDougall proclaimed that Canada had asked for the transfer to be postponed.
The Metis and Louis Riel built a provisional government and worked to establish Manitoba as a province in the country of Canada.
McDougall sent out land surveyors to plot the area, however Louis Riel and the Metis people stood in the way of the surveyors.
The government of Canada purchased Rupert's Land from HBC and chose William McDougall to govern it. (1869)