How Did We Revolutionize Canada

Yet Canada was still critical to World War II since they had the largest number of participates because one-twelfth of the Canadian population were in the military, which was one million citizens but that still meant their army was small compared to others. Since Canada had a small army, they still fought alongside with the British due to loyalty and as part of the Commonwealth making Canada feel a little obligated to help out their

Initially, Canada would have preferred to keep itself away from other countries’ affairs. Canadians still remembered the horrors of WWI and did not want to risk their lives for the sake of other nations. Things took a turn later on however, on September 10th, 1939, Canada officially declared war on Germany under the decision of the Canadian Parliament. Throughout the war, Canada had a great amount of contributions - both on the battlefield and homefront, and it is an undeniable fact that the battles would have turned out differently without Canada’s help and support.

King was confident to lead Canada into autonomy, and took many steps to do so. This was shown in the Chanak Crisis in 1922, in which Britain and Turkey were fighting over a small area linking the Black and Aegean Seas named Chanak. Britain asked for Canada’s military support during this crisis. Mackenzie King responded to the British with “only Parliament should decide such matters”, rejecting Britain. King also displayed his confidence by taking a couple of other approaches in making Canada more autonomous. This was seen during the Halibut Treaty Affair. Before 1923, Britain would sign all of Canada’s treaties and agreements with other countries. In 1923, the Halibut treaty concerned the fishing rights of Canadians and Americans in the Pacific Ocean. In this crisis, King believed only representatives of Canada and US should sign the treaty, not Britain. King thought only Canada should sign because it is “Canada's issue and thus only its concern”, demonstrating his confidence to lose ties with Britain. After the Halibut Treaty Affair, Canada became one step closer to autonomy. In 1926, during the Imperial

This declaration was signed in 1941 between Canada and the United States. Prior to WWII, “Canada had sixty percent of their imports come from the United States. However, only forty percent of Canadian exports went back to the United States.” (Coppa) When war broke out, Canada became financially unstable due to the unbalanced trade deficit with the United States. As Canada’s dependence on US supplies increased, Canada’s trade deficit could be resolved if the United States traded products equal in value as Canadian imports. President Roosevelt agreed with Prime Minister King’s proposal and the agreement known as the Hyde Park Declaration was signed off in 1941. This declaration had also allowed for American-produced components of war materiel to be manufactured in Canada. (Canadian Encyclopedia) This had greatly benefited the Allies, especially Britain and the USSR, and indirectly benefited Canada. As a result, Canada grew stronger economically as they balanced their trade deficit. Eventually, one billion dollars worth of goods were traded to the United States. In addition, this strengthened economic ties between Canada and the United States, which demonstrated Canadian autonomy as Canada became less dependent of Britain economically. Thus, Canada grows as a nation through the Hyde Park Declaration as they gained autonomy by becoming economically

When w.w.1 and w.w.2 first broke out the position and national interest of Canada it was the protection of freedom and democracy against German tyranny fascism. For Canada`s role is that it was support and supply, but evolved into a fighting force to be reckoned with. The overall major support as almost 10 % of Canada`s population went to fight in these wars and a large work force was employed to manufacture all manner of supplies to support the war effort. In the end of the wars Canada`s military took on a role as peacekeepers. In the treaty of Versailles Canada did participate, but was barley recognized for what it had done to be respected more in that they did all the dirty work and they did not. The treaties and organizations of post-w.w.2

Canada had been apart of the British Empire causing them to be placed in the middle of WW1. While at war, Canada had made a large impact on the war, an example would be when Canada captured Vimy Ridge. After doing so, Canada had overcome the darkness brought to them by Britain and proved their capability of being more than just a british colony. During the Paris Peace Conference ,in 1919, Prime Minister Robert Borden demanded that canada was given its own, separate, seat because of all that Canada has contributed throughout the war. This was the first time that Canada was seen as an independent nation. WW1 was the step that Canada needed to start to detach itself from Britain, without that step

One week after Britain and France declared war on Germany, Canada announced their participation in World War II. After gaining their Statute of Westminster in 1931, Canada could control their foreign policy. This states that Canada can choose what wars they want to remain neutral in, and what ones they want to participate in. This was the first time in history that Canada declared war as an independent nation from Britain; marking a significant day in Canada.

Canadians contributed in many ways to help our country's great efforts in the First World War. Canadians had literally the whole country and made enormous demands on the Canadian people, whether they were involved in the actual fighting or remained on the home front to work in industry or farming to support the war effort. Canada grew tremendously through the war as a nation, individually and emotional. Canadian troops had to be strong and responsible as they were always running from one front to another and had to be strong so that the little thing don’t bother them so they don’t become emotionally unstable, then could end there life. Strength played a major role through the war as did courage and every Canadian troop had those two

WW1 turned out to be a major turning point for Canada both economically and internationally, as Canada got the recognition of a great independent nation. In addition, Canada was one of the principal reasons to end the world war. Canada grew as an autonomy during the world war and essentially they prosper during the 1920s and in the end the key success in Canada came during the 1930s in the statute of Westminster when they got independence as a sovereignty. During the world war, Canadian served overseas as part of the Canadian expeditionary force (CEF), they fought alongside Britain. Canadian lieutenant general Arthur Currie, ensured that the Canadian’s fight as one unit with a sense of pride, the creation of the corps strengthened the unity of Canadian soldiers and also gave Canadians at home a sense of pride. Similarly, Vimy ridge marked the first time Canadian soldiers fought together as one unit, independent of British forces, and this victory became a symbol of Canada’s independence and nationhood. One of the key reasons for Canada’s growth during WW1 was the treaty of Versailles as it marked an important stage in the gradual movement toward Canadian independence from Britain. During the 1920s, Prime Minister Mackenzie king made it clear to Britain that Canada would not automatically sent troops in support, he stated that only the Canadian parliament would decide whether to send troops or not to support Britain. This was the first time that Canada refused unconditional

In 1919, Canada joined the League of Nations, and the 1931 Statute of Westminster affirmed Canada's independence from Britain. After the war, in the 1930s Canada fell into a great depression economic downturn, leading to

Canada’s involvement in World War I was vital to the Allied success as shown through the battles of Vimy, Passchendaele, and Ypres. Yet in the end, their involvement with the Victory Treaty was non-existent and received nothing but some nationalistic pride. Moreover, the ultimate lesson that we learned is that fighting for the British does not help our own nation improve and this is proven by the lack of representation during the final signing of the Treaty of Versaille. Moreover, this treaty reshaped the countries of Europe with major changes to borders, German military and colonies, and the formation of the League of Nations. I will be giving insight based on Canada's involvement within the Treaty of Versailles and the specific changes

Many people look back at the twentieth century and feel that Canada did pretty well in terms of playing important roles in many battles. It was even voted best place to live several times making an international name for itself in peace keeping and independence. The 20th century saw a full scale transformation of Canadian society. Although Canada during the 20th century was dominated by chain of events that heralded significant changes in world history, such as the First World War and World War II, Great Depression, nuclear power, space exploration, the Cold War and Post-Cold War conflicts, world population growth, ecological extinction and the birth of the Digital Revolution. Canada was great time during the 1900s in terms of our Technological Inventions/ changes, such as Sonar, Walkie- talkie and Canadarm.

Canada played a major role throughout the global conflict which took place from the late 1930’s to the mid 1940’s. Canadian involvement throughout the war proved critical to its outcome. The Second World War is a major turning point in our countries history and signified our sovereignty as an independent nation, the war “transformed a quiet country on the fringes of global affairs into a critical player in the 20th century’s most important struggle” 1. The Canadian forces throughout the battle faced great triumphs during campaigns in Normandy and Italy, while they also faced defeat like in Dieppe and Hong Kong. Canada played a huge roll throughout the Second World War which proved significant to its outcome.

Colonialism is an issue that has received a lot of attention recently. These conversations occur due to the imperialistic nature of Canada’s history. Many of these conversations attempt to decolonize the land that was taken away from the Native peoples of Turtle Island. Decolonization is a process that takes place even on the Laurier Waterloo campus. The decolonization of the local land appears through many different forms. Some syllabi include land acknowledgments. These land acknowledgements remind those who read the syllabi that the land that our campus is on is the traditional lands of multiple Native groups, including the Anishnawbe, Haudenosaunee, and Neutral peoples of Mississauga. By having this at the top of the syllabi, as the Department

The Chanak affair was a war scares which happened during August-September 1922. The crisis commenced when nationalist Turkish troops who opposed foreign soldiers remaining in Turkey after ww1 started advancing towards the British occupied city of Chanak (Norman Hillmer, 2006) the British were severely outnumbered and called on their dominions to aide them, however, Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King replied said that he would have to consult parliament first before sending soldiers This came as a huge surprise to the U.K whom had controlled Canadian foreign policy since its creation; it also caused huge controversy in Canada, with the opposition leader accusing King of not being loyal to the U.K. This was