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Not at all. They were not under Canadian rule, they had not even been invited into the Confederation. Canada calls it a rebellion because they claimed to have purchased the Metis when they bought Ruperts Land. Of course they never asked the Metis or anyone living in Ruperts Land, so no surprise that some decided they wanted to talk about it. In 1869 the people of Western Canada were only resisting a takeover, an occupation. You cannot rebel if you are not part of the country to begin with.
he got Alberta and Saskatchewan to join the confederation.
North German Confederation ended in 1871.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
The colonists described this event as a massacre so that the other colonies would join together to get the soldiers off their land.