Boer War Flashcards
What was used in the Boer war
HORSES
Who was powerful in the 19th Century (and took lots of taxes)
England
What year did USA become independent from England
18th century
What year did Canada become “independent” from England
1867
Why does South Africa speak english
Because Britain had control
Who were the boer people decedents of?
Dutch immigrants from Holland (Boer people spoke Dutch)
canada had not taken place in war for ______ years since confederation
32
There was a lot of public pressure to join the Boer war because ____________________.
Because mant of the Canadians were of British ancestry
Who wad the Canadian Prime Minister at the time?
Wilfrid Laurier
How many soldiers did Canada send into the Boer war?
7000
What bill is Sir Wilfrid Laurier on now?
$5 bill
What year did the Boer war start?
1899
Who became the first nation in modern history to use concentration camps to enslave and exterminate?
Britain
Why was the Boer war so important for Canada?
Because many of the soldiers from this war would become officers who would lead Canada into WW1 (ten years later)
Why did the Boer war create tention in Canada?
Because the French Canadians wanted NO part of it.
When did Germany and Britain start rapidly building ships?
Late 1800’s
What were the 2 nations using to make all of the ships?
State of the art technology ( new )
What were the new boats called?
Dreadnouhts
What were Dreadnoughts?
Big, steam powered vessels with thick armour and powerful guns
When did the war on the sea start?
1914
How many expectations did Britain make for Canada?
3
What were the 3 expectation for Canada to help Great Britain
1: Canada would supply soldiers to fight under the flag of Britain
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2: Britain would “give” Canada lots of ships but Canada would pay to maintain the boats and loan them to Britain in war
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3: Canada would regularly send money to Britain ti help pay for the defence of the Britain empire
What did Canada debate to help Britain with?
1: Canada would form her own navy known as the “ Royal Canadian Navy”
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2: Canada would build her own ships that would be used in the defence of CANADA
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3: If Britain got involved in a war that Canada was not involved in, Canada would loan the ships to Britain for the war
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4: ONLY volunteers could serve on these ships. (Britain could not demand sailors or soldiers which meant that french Canadians would not have to serve England)
Who was in the triple Entente?
Great Britain
France
Russia
Who was in the triple alliance?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
What was good about the “triple” system
It kept the countries on there best behaviour
What was bad about the “triple” system
There could be NO small conflict
When did the “Dominoes” start to fall
1914
How did the war start?
With the killing of a married couple
How many people died in the war?
Over 37 million people
What was WW1 supposed to be?
“The war to end all wars”
When was the war supposed to end?
Christmas that year
How long was the war
Almost 5 years
What were the people who survived known as?
“The lost generation”
What was the date that Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie (the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne)
June 28, 1914
Where did the Ferdinands get murdered
Sarajevo
Info about than man who murdered Franz Ferdinand
He was a Serbian terrorist from a group called “The Black Hand”
Who began to mobilize their army to defeat Serbia
Rusia
When was WW1 declared
August 1st
When did France and Germany declare war?
August 3rd
Who disobeyed the triple alliance and when
Italy in 1915
What does USA give the impression of
That the USA won the war buttttt… They only sold weapons to Britain, Russia, and France and only joined the war in 1917
Who was Russia trying to over-through?
There leader, Tsar Nicolis ll
What years was the Boer War ( aka South African War)
1899-1902
