Shaping the West


Targets



This lesson is about some of the influences that changed ways of life in the Interior Plains.

You will focus on the introduction of horses (which came from the Spanish colonies in Mexico), the North West Mounted Police, and the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.  When you have completed the lesson, you will know...


  • how horses changed the way of life for First Nations people
  • how the North West Mounted Police helped shape the West
  • how the building of the railroad changed the population of the Interior Plains

Introduction


These three things were the causes of much change in the Interior Plains. 



      

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