Final Terms Flashcards
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Royal Proclamation
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- Oct 7th 1763
- Signed after the fall of New France
- Provided basic framework for governance in the British Territories after the fall of New France
- Set precedent of British Colonialism in North America
- Continues to be evoked by First Nations leaders 250 years later
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Seven Year War
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- 1756 to 1763
- First global war
- Started because both the French and British claimed Ohio Valley
- Early in the war, the French (aided by Canadian militia and Aboriginal allies) defeated several British attacks and captured a number of British forts.
- The victory gave Canada to Britain
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War of 1812
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- Treaty of Ghent ‘ended’ the war
- Loyalists: People who still liked British empire after American Revolution
- Upper and Lower Canada were divided in who wanted to to participate in the war
- An end to the Napoleonic Wars from 1793 to 1815
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Women’s Voluntary Services
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- Unpaid labor and volunteering contributed majorly to the war
- After women already had been running the organization, Ottawa gave it a name
- 2 provinces created daycare systems to help
- 50k women served in non-combative positions
- As the war was winding down, government started shuffling women back into the home
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Barnardo Children
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- Industrial Revolution changed lives of working class people in England
- Very little protection for workers
- Between 1869 and 1940s, 100k British Children were sent to Canada
- Bernardo originally wanted to set up a trade school for orphaned children.
- Many children were mistreated once in Canada
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Russell, MB
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- Opened in April 1888
- A training farm for British Home Children
- Meant to provide a healthy lifestyle that the orphans normally would not have
- Had 14 hour days.
- Children normally stayed for 8 months until they could save up to find a homestead.
- Canadian Government paid a head tax for the children
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Tom Thomson
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- Body was found in Canoe Lake in 1917
- painter
- Contributed greatly to Group of Seven (Friend and nature guide)
- Influenced Canadian art (National inspiration)
- Guided fished and sketched in Algonquin Park
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Group of Seven
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- Until the 1920s, were a gathering of painters
- Then decided they were a landscape school
- The National Gallery helped their spread
- Seen as revolutionaries by art critiques
- Disbanded in 1933
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D-Day
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- June 6th 1944
- Operation Overlord
- Coordinated attack on 5 landing zones (Canada: Juno Beach)
- Canadians met objectives better than any other division
- Established Canada outside of British Rule
- 340 Canadians were killed
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Summit Series
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- A seven game series
- 70% of Canadians watched the entire game
- Nationalism, pride, value, ideologies were at war through ice
- found bugs in their hotel rooms in Russia
- It really demonstrated the differing lifestyles
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Cold War
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- American-British-Russia alliance crumbled after war ended
- Capitalism vs Communism
- The search for communists tore through Canada
- Bomb testing by Russia and US
- Space Race
- Fought by proxy (Korea, Vietnam, Cuba)
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Gander, NF
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- 9/11 attacks caused many plains to be rerouted
- they were rerouted to Gander
- 6,500 people landed there
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Bill C-51
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- 2015
- Revamped version of S-7
- Addressed online threats (Twitter)
- Intrusive
- Promoting terrorism could mean 5 years in prison
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NAFTA
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- January 1st 1994
- Canada was reluctant, but wanted duty-free access for investment
- First trade agreement between 2 developed and 1 developing country
- One of the largest free trade zones in the world
- Imports and exports grew
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Expo ‘67
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- Canada’s Century Celebration
- 120 nations in 60 pavilions and another 53 private pavilions
- Over 50 million visitors
- Highlighted problems in Canada (Population growth, increased urbanization, First Nations Relations)
- Allowed US and Russia to try and outdo each others displays
- Montreal Kicked out the gay community from downtown to ‘clean up’ the area
