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BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. Canadian armies can annexation Vimy Ridge because of their courageous and successfully construct train tunnel in during the first war. Also it represent Canadian identity, pride and success cooperation (rail way tunnel). -
JAZZ AGES/ ROARING TWENTIE
Canada is permitted to join the League of Nations as an independent, free-voting member. -
The Chanak Affair
Chanak was a small town on the strait which linked Aegan and the Black Seas.Turkey threatened to take control of that area. Britain sent battle ships and troops, they also asked Canada to help them if war broke out. Canadians were becoming isolationists. They didn't want to be in the war. But when Britain declared war, Canada stood beside it automatically. King made it clear that Canada must from now on make its own foreign policy. Canada and Britain had different views about it. -
BALFOUR REPORT
Balfour declared that Britain and its Dominions were constitutionally equal to each other. It was a landmark document confirming Canada as a fully independent country, united with Britain and the other Dominions through the Commonwealth. -
The King-Byng Crisis
Governor General Julian Byng said no to dissolve Parliament and call an election when King wanted it. King accused Byng of ignoring the advice of the elected government. King was determined to become the new governor general. -
New Foreign Embassies
- Canada opened its own embassy in the U.S.
- Vincent Massey became Canada's first foreign diplomat.
- Later on, Canadian embassies were open in France and Belgium.
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Statute of Westminster
the British gov’t passes the Statute of Westminster which recommended the Balfour Report into law.Canada achieved complete autonomy by 1931 and Britain could no longer make any laws for Canada. But the highest Canadian court still in the Privy Council, British.
