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OCR: PRIME MINISTER Soon after Confederation, Macdonald faced great opportunity and great problem. He arranged the purchase of the vast territory of Rupert's Land from the Hudson Bay Company buthe failed to take into accouni the concerns of its Metis residents The conflict exploded into the Red River Rebellion, the first of the Metis rebellions led by Louis Riel Under Macdonald leadership Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories (which then included Alberta and Saskatch iewan) Mani toba and British Columbia joined Canada However British Columbia joined only after Macdonald promised to build transcontinental railway, an ambitious project for the new country BIOGRAPHY of 9 accoun Unde