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American Civil War
sectional conflict between the Northern US states (Union) and the Southern states that seceded and formed the Confederacy -
British North America Act
statute enacted 29 March 1867 by the British Parliament providing for Confederation. -
Alaska Boundary Dispute
The Alaska boundary dispute, took place between Canada and the US over the boundary of the Alaska Panhandle running south to latitude 54°40' north on the coast of BC -
Confederation
the union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada was achieved 1 July 1867 under the new name, Dominion of Canada -
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Colonial and Imperial Conferences
Colonial and Imperial Conferences, 1887-1937, the principal means of high-level consultation between representatives from the United Kingdom, Canada and other self-governing parts of the British Empire - Commonwealth, helping to shape a framework of substantial economic and military co-operation, but consistently rejecting all forms of imperial centralization -
Klondike Gold Rush
Klondike Gold Rush, touched off by the 16 August 1896 discovery of placer goldon Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River, by George Washington Carmack and his Indian brothers-in-law, "Skookum Jim" and "Tagish Charley." -
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South African War
South African War (Boer War), 11 Oct 1899 to 31 May 1902 between Britain and the 2 Afrikaner republics of South Africa (SAR, or Transvaal) and the Orange Free State -
Naval Service Act
The Act proposed a small navy under the control of the Canadian government, with emergency provision for transfer to the British Admiralty -
World War I
On 4 August 1914 Britain's ultimatum to Germany to withdraw from Belgium expired -
Treaty of Versailles
Versailles, Treaty of, 28 June 1919, the peace settlement imposed on Germany after WORLD WAR I, drawn up at the Paris Peace Conference and signed near the French capital at Versailles. -
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Great Depression
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World War II
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Cold War
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Constitution Act
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NAFTA
