The Uk And Canadian Advances

For many decades, writers and authors have accused the American influence on Canada as one of the reasons why Canada is losing its heritage, with one major aspect being the game of hockey. The institutionalization of American Culture began to take root in Canada during the late 1920’s and 1930s as technological advances, specifically the invention of the radio, allowed Canadians to enjoy American entertainment. American stations were much more reliable than Canadian ones, causing American sporting stations such as NBC and CBS to become extremely popular in Canada (Gruneau et al, 1993). As Canada was becoming intertwined with the United States (U.S.), it was becoming less of a satellite of Britain, which made it tremendously difficult for Canada’s elite to protect British ideals such as self-improvement and participating in sport for the game’s sake. (Gruneau et al, 1993). In the early 1940’s, after the great depression forced many franchises to dismantle, the National Hockey League (NHL) was left with six teams, which made up the famous “original six.” At this time, America had a strong influence on the game, as four of the original six teams were based in the United States, and all of the players in league were paid in American dollars (Gruneau et al, 1993). By the early 1960’s, televised sports were emerging in North America, and NHL players were becoming mainstream stars. Inspired by this, along with the threat of the NHL losing its television contract to the Western

Throughout history, a variety of religions have came and gone due to dislike and uncomfort. Before 1492, a majority of Europe was a part of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church controlled every aspect of a human’s life, for example: education, social status, and family matters. In 1517, Martin Luther had created the Protestant Reformation, which limited the power of the Catholic Church. Europe was now religiously divided, which created a larger diversity of religion to the colonies. Reasons such as Henry VIII decisions with the Catholic Church, English immigrants, and religious groups affected the relationship between religion and the colonies.

Former prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, believed greatly in what he thought Canada was to become. “The nineteenth century was the century of the United States. I think that we can claim that is it Canada that shall fill the twentieth century. “ was said by Laurier and his words passed almost without notice at the time. However, it did not take long before his words had somehow been transformed into the most famous phrase in Canadian history, “The twentieth century belongs to Canada.” His words showed great confidence and pride in the actions that Canada was supposedly to take to fulfill his vision. He believed that Canada would fill the century, not in size or military might but in progress, growth, and quality of life. Ultimately, he

Around 500 CE, Christianity started to become the prominent religion in Europe, replacing the practice of polytheistic religions and eventually forming Roman Catholicism along with Eastern Orthodoxy. As Christianity and the Church became increasingly more important to both Eastern and Western Europeans, Christianity began to spread outward from Europe through various modes of interaction with other civilizations and empires. For example, by the eleventh century, military conquests in the Byzantine Empire brought many Balkan Slavic peoples under the control of Byzantium.

Throughout the 20th century, the Canadian military has improved. WW1 and 2 brought on a new era of weapons and technologies. During the Cold War; Canada only exported weapons and supplies to the US mostly. There were other wars like the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War that helped Canada bring new things to the table. But throughout the past few decades, the major ways that the Canadian Military has improved, includes; diversity, military technological improvements, and soldier treatment.

In the words of John F. Kennedy, “communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both”. Canada in the 20th century has perfectly portrayed the meaning of the quote by treating communism inconsistently throughout history. Communism refers to the economic system in which the ownership of all property, and the means of production and distribution is commonly owned and controlled by the community including the workers, as well as the state. This system greatly landed an impact on Canadian actions throughout the 20th century. Documentation of such actions is found in several historic events:

The importance of British investors to the actualization of Canadian confederation in 1867 has been interpreted and analyzed by Andrew Smith in his detailed book “British Businessmen and Canadian Confederation”. Throughout this book, Andrew Smith explains how British businessmen and other factors influenced the decision to accept confederation.

The idea of trading first started long before the confederation of Canada was formed. French travelers known as the Voyageurs had been trading guns and furniture with the First Nations people for furs and fish. The French learned of First Nations people that had exceptional hunting and fishing skills, these people were known as the Coureurs de Bois. The french befriended the them and began to trade much more often with them. These trades caused the English to want to jump on trading and began to rival the French. The trades made by the English caused the creation the Hudson’s Bay Company for fur trade.

In the 19th century, Britain dominated the seas in a manner unrivaled by any other competitor. The Royal Navy was able to impose its will worldwide, exemplified by 19th century conflicts such as Opium Wars versus China and The Anglo-Egpytian war. During this time, Britain policed the world and ensured safety on the high seas during a prosperous period known as Pax Brittanica. No other nation was seriously able to present a naval challenge to the British Empire. This British golden age was drawing to a close however, as American, French, Russian, Italian, Japanese, and especially German navies grew increasingly more powerful. Due to the vast expanse of the British Empire, the Royal navy found itself spread dangerously thin, or facing financial

Without a doubt, Canadian inventors changed the world of technology not only making things more interesting and fascinating but also improving people’s lifestyle. Canadians who spent years of their life trying to figure out the different puzzles and ideas that they had to finally come up with a genius concept, form now part of history. The 20th century was a time of innovation, many creations were somewhat taken for granted, however others have been in first place since then. Did Canada create some of the most important scientific and technological innovations during the 20th century? This could be proven by the fact that insulin made by Frederick Banting and one his medical students Charles H in 1921 and the pacemaker created by Dr. John

(http://www2.newcanaan.k12.ct.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=5158&) England became a leading world power between 1450-1750 greatly due to how they were affected by the Chinese and how they affected the natives of North America. England's Naval prowess allowed them to affect territories in the Americas and in India through colonization. In 1585 England took its first stab at colonization with the city of Roanoke, off the coast of present day North Carolina. Sir Walter Raleigh was granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth to travel to the new world and establish a colony. (http://www.nationalcenter.org/ColonyofRoanoke.html) The colonists were not prepared for the struggles and hardships that starting a new colony implied.

Since 1867, Canada has been attempting to become its own independent nation. Canada has been trying to achieve its freedom from external control and influence from the United Kingdom, and be rewarded with the right of self-government. Canadian leaders and heroes have been persistent on proving that Canada is capable of growing up and separating from its mother country, Britain. This sovereignty could bring Canada many opportunities, which she would have never come close to, as a colony of the British. Canada has dreamed of being able to make its own decisions, as a child would dream of becoming an adult. Over the years, Canada has proven this and become more autonomous through wars, treaties and its relationship with countries all over the

Russia was mostly made of Orthodox Christians while Western Europeans were mostly made of Catholics. The reason for the Russians being Christian and the western Europeans being catholic is that czars ruled Russia while Europe was not. Furthermore, Russia was later ruled by communism, and Europe being ruled by democratic republics.

Religion was a huge factor in the divisions seen in European history. Even with the spread of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century, there was one major factor that kept Europe a unified entity: Jesus. The underlying religion of Christianity in every facet of European life kept Europe close. Many countries of Europe, as seen in the “Spread of Protestantism” map, were also unified under the force of the Roman Catholic Church, but then began to disseminate from it once the Protestant

Christianity was unlike other religions of the time in that it was a monotheistic worship though transcendentalism. The religions of Northern and Central Europe focused on gods in nature that explained the world around them. Christianity does not allow an explanation of this life, only that of existence in itself and the afterlife. The religions of these people at the time was also not as much a worship and commitment as that of the Christian religion. It is actually a great surprise to anyone that studies these religions as to how it could be that a religion that focused on piety, abstinence outside of marriage, and loving one’s enemy would be more fruitful a religion than the religions of Europe at that time that promoted feasts and festivals with excessive food, drink, and even orgies. The most compelling answer is that