I, the Sir John Alexander Macdonald strongly believe that Louis Riel is guilty, for all he has done, and deserves to be hanged! I strongly believe this because he led a group of rebels that created their own provisional government that wanted to overtake the Canadian government, he was involved in assaulting and executing unarmed Canadian civilians, and when William McDougall, the governor that I appointed of Rupert’s Land and the North West Territories, had gone to Canada’s own land, he was stopped, and told to leave! According to a British law that was set in 1342, Louis Riel should be charged with high treason, which results to being served a death penalty. Louis Riel led his own group of rebels that created their own provisional government, to overtake the Canadian government. To gain more power, the forces of Louis Riel had fought in many battles, most notably the Battle at Duck Lake, the Battle of Fish Creek, the Battle of Batoche, and the battle for Fort Garry. Next, the newly formed provisional government didn’t listen to anything the Canadian government had to say, and actually backfired with their own terms and conditions …show more content…
An example of this unlawful act would be when shop owners in Duck Lake were forced to surrender their goods to the Métis, without their permission, or else they’d be harmed. Hillyard Mitchell, owner of one of the stores that had been raided, was forced to surrender his weaponry and ammunition to the Métis, without his will, when his store was being raided. Also, when the Métis had captured a man named Thomas Scott, he was executed unarmed by the men of Louis Riel, because he said he wanted to end the life of Louis Riel, while being prisoned. Thomas Scott was not in any may put on trial, but was convicted by the new provisional government of Louis Riel. This helps prove that Louis Riel has his own laws and demands, and is disobeying the ones set by the Canadian