-
Laurier was in office and became the comprimiser who settled disputes between french and english. was in ofice 'till october 1911.
-
When Britian asked for canadas help in the Boer war, the english wanted to fully suport britian but the french did not. this caused conflict and Prime Minister laurier had resolved this issue with sending 1000 soldiers but not forcing french to go. But in the end both sides hated it.
-
Britian needed ships helped built and required canadas help. The english wanted to and the french didnt. PM laurier decided to create a canadian army instead.
-
A dispute between Canada and America over and area on the Alaskan boundry over a trading post that could be a boost to either country. The British gave it to America with a tie braking vote between judges hoping the US will aid Britian with a war against Germany
-
Bombardier invented the first snowmobile. His successful company now makes all forms of transportation.
-
The naval war that spaned the whole ww1. (1914-1918)
-
Billy Bishop was a ground soldier but soon realized he wanted to be a pilot. When he became a pilot he was one of the best and claims he downed 72 aircraft and a couple ballons. He went through the whole war.
-
Canadians for the first time succesfully take Ypres.
-
Canadians succesfully take vimy ridge
-
Two ships collided in Halifax harbour and caused an explosion that leveled halifax and up to 2000 people dead. worlds largest man-made explosion of its time.
-
In 1918, women were allowed to vote for the first time.
-
The treaty that severly cut back germany in all way and took sole cause for ww1.Lead to ww2.
-
In the 1920's, prohibition was passed and made it illegal to drink alchohal. It eventually failed because it caused a rise in smuggling.
-
During ww1, Robert Borden the PM introduced conscription.
-
The stock market crash that caused the depresion in the 1930's.
-
When the deprssion started, young men without jobs traveled on trains accross canada looking for jobs.
-
The depression caused canadians to form there own parties with disatisfaction from the current government. One such party was the NDP.
-
Nazi attempt to take britan but fail. It lsts one month. Canadians had helped with protecting Britian.
-
From 1943 to 1945, allies were in a campeign to take back Italy from Germany.
-
Protesters going from western Canada to ottawa were protesting about the government not taking action about the economy. They were stopped short in Regina.
