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The Boer War
The Boer war had started when Dutch settlers in South Africa had found gold on the Boer territory. The British owned the majority of the territory besides the Boer. This had caused problems between the British and the Boers which then caused the Boers to declare war on Britain. Laurier was then asked to bring Troops to help Britain, so he had sent 7000 volunteers to join the army. He did this to try and satisfy both the English and French Canadians. -
Battle of Ypres
This was the first battle in which gas was used as a weapon, this was also one of Canada’s first major battles. The Germans had started the lead. The Canadians had managed to pull through this new weapon they were facing and had managed to make crude gas masks to help block out the gas. Even though the Canadians had lost around 6000 men, they were still very recognized. -
Battle Of Somme
On the first day of the battle, the allies had suffered about 60,000 casualties. The battle of the Somme was the battle which symbolized the horrors of WWI. The original plan was to take some of the pressure off of Verdun to help the French, the battle had started with a weeklong artillery bombardment. The British had suffered 400,000 deaths, and the French 200,000, while the Germans 500,000 This was the largest battle of WWI, as well as one of the most brutal battles in military history -
Vimy Ridge
This battle was the biggest single allied advance. Of the 100,000 Canadians who fought, only 3,000 had died. The allies effort was to push the Germans out of France, which was Germanys main defence position. Months of preparation went into planning the battle Using a creeping barrage, the Canadians captured most of the land on the first day. The battle had only lasted 4 days, and was a huge success for the allies. -
The battle of Passchendaele
This battle was really just a big waste of time due to the fact that the land that was won back by the Germans. Most of the fighting happened in a tonne of mud, where there was next to no cover, and barely any grip. This battle also was the first time the Germans had used mustard gas, which was very poisonous and worked really well. Basically everyone thought the battle was a huge waste of time due to the 700 Canadians dead and 1500 wounded. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was the banning of alcohol. It took effect in nearly all of the provinces during 1916. This law was introduced as a few small groups in which said the root of all societies evil comes from alcohol. The majority of people were against the law. A lot of crime and gangsters emerged from this. Many of these people had made mass amounts of money, and the government eventually allowed this. Basically every province repeated the law. -
The persons case
This case started when 5 women went to the Supreme court of Canada and asked if the word “Persons'” also included women. When they went to the British Privy Council they had answered “Yes, why shouldn’t it'” This was a success for Canada in by started the Women's Rights. This also lead to the first women to be appointed to Senate -
The WallStreet Stock Market Crash
This marked the beginning of the Great Depression. Even though this was in the Us, this affected the world’s economy.This day is also known as Black Tuesday Over 16 million shares were traded that day, which was a record not beaten for 40 years When stock prices started to fall, people began to panic and sell their stocks, which led to a chain reaction which collapsed the stock market. Part of this reason was due to everyone buying everything using credit, which put everyone in heavy debt. -
The On-to-Ottawa Trek
This trek was made by fed-up relief camp workers who felt that the government's camps were very bad. They gathered a lot of people that walked alongside them as a lot of them felt the same way The group didn’t make it quite to Ottawa as they were Stopped in Regina by a Police riot. Only one person made it to talk to the P.M and still was unable to succeed. -
The Japanese Internment
Nearly 21,000 Japanese people were forced to evacuate their homes and be sent to camp, when t Pearl harbour was attacked. Most of them were sent to old lumber camps, paid for by the sale of their homes Even after the wars end in 1945, many weren’t allowed to return to their original homes It was only in 1988 when Canada apologized to them -
The Dieppe Raid
The plan was to try to capture the German occupied port of Dieppe. The attack was a failure for the Canadians as they were forced to retreat 5 hours after they invaded. It wasn’t a complete failure as it gave important information on how to form a better attack, which would be D-Day. About 60% of the men who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. -
D-Day (Battle of Normandy)
Was code named Operation Overlord. It was one of the largest seaborne assaults in history It was a major success due to the failure at Dieppe. This battle was called the beginning of the end of war in Europe Was originally planned to be on June 5th, but was postponed due to bad weather. Even though the allies had suffered huge losses, it was considered a success due to them recapturing the shores of France. -
The Battle of the Bulge
This was Germany's last major offensive attack before they retreated to Berlin. The Germans knew they were losing so they had thought to try and force a peace treaty negotiation. This battle caught the Allies by surprise and was a fairly costly battle for the US. -
The Richard Riot
The riot was named after Maurice Richard, the star hockey player for the Montreal Canadians. This was due to his suspension by Clarence Campbell during the 1954-55 seasons. Many French-Canadians were outraged and thought the suspension was too severe. When they saw the appearance of Campbell, this started a riot in the street, which ended up with over $100,000 in damages This riot was more significant than just a sport-related riot, it also appeared to be a component of how the Quiet Revolution -
Government Social Servies
This period of time was when a lot of change involving social Assistance started. Tommy Douglas was the main contributor that had started a lot of those programs One of these was universal health care for Canadians. Canada was also the first in North America to introduce single-payer healthcare. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the closest that the world has ever come to WWIII. It all started when the USSR put Nuclear missile sites in Cuba. The US found out about these which led them to quarantine Cuba and ask the Soviets to remove them .The US also said if any of the missile were fired, they would declare war After many days of negotiation, the Soviets decided to peacefully remove these sites, which stopped the chances of WWIII. -
The Quiet Revolution
This was the period in which rapid change occurred in Quebec This all started with the election of Jean Lesage, which promised to help and improve life for French-Canadians in Quebec This period of change had been very good for both Canada and Quebec which improved many aspects such as a more modern school system. Left thing s more fair for the French-Canadians like having signs in French, allowing French-Canadians to own businesses and for schools to teach the French language. -
The 1972 Summit Series
It was an 8-game series between Canada and the Soviets. This series was very important as it was during the Cold War Era so it was a matter between Communism and Capitalism. Canada was heavily favoured to win, so people were outraged when the Russians were winning for the first 4 games in Canada. The last game was the most intense as both Canada and Russia were tied, and who ever won took the series. Paul Henderson scored the game winning goal Canada in each of the last 3 games. -
The Quebec Referendum
A referendum is a political question in which a general vote decides its outcome This referendum focused on the question whether Quebec should remain part of Canada or not. The vote ended up resulting in rejecting separatism for Quebec. This meant that Quebec had to stay a part of Canada The vote was fairly close with it being 40% for yes, and 60% for no. -
1990`s no Event in general.
Government introduces GST, Lifts Homosexual Ban, Toonie replaces 2 dollar bill, Canadian dollar falls to 69 American Cents Nunavut becomes an official Territory of Canada, and the first woman astronaut Roberta Bondar is sent to space for 8 days, and returns,
