History 101: winter 2019. Take home portion of final exam Please write an answer to one of the questions below. Target length c. 200-250 words (unlike the précis assignment, the specified length is just a rough guideline). Value: 30 % of your final exam mark. You may submit your answer in Blackboard at any time up to the end of the day (11:59) Friday April 26. (Please do not email the assignment.) Submit a Word document and label your submission according to the following model: Smith, John take home final The questions are based on the online lecture material “The West” which can be viewed in Blackboard. If you wish, you may also use the textbook material to inform your answer. You do not need to do any research outside these sources; the goal is to show your engagement with the course material. 1. Were tensions in Red River settlement in the first two decades of the nineteenth century primarily the product of ethnic differences or commercial competition? Explain your answer. 2. In what ways did the Metis challenge the Hudson’s Bay Company monopoly in Rupert’s Land in the first half of the nineteenth century? What were the short and long term consequences of this challenge? 3. What challenges did the 1858 British Columbia gold rush pose for Britain and how successfully did they respond to them?
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