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  • Paris Peace Conference started

    Paris Peace Conference started
    The Paris peace conference started on January 18th of 1919 in Versailles just out side of paris. 25 nations participated, there were representitive from the United Kingdom (David Lloyd George), United Stated (Woodrow Wilson), France (Georges Clemenceau), and Italy (Vittorio Emanuele Orlando)
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    The Paris Peace Confrence

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  • "The BIg Four"

    "The BIg Four"
    The United States, France, United Kingdom and Italy became known as the Big four, they dominated the proceedings that led to the formulation of the treaty of Versallies, a treaty that ended World War One. The big four (left to right)
    David Lloyd George- Prime Minister of Great Britain
    Vittorio Emanuele Orlando- Prime Minister of Italy
    Georges Clemenceau- Prime Minister of France
    Woodrow Wilson- 28th Presedent of the United States
  • Informal Meetings

    Informal Meetings
    The Big Four met together informally 145 times and made all major decisions, which in turn were ratified by others.
  • Robert Borden

    Robert Borden
    Prime Minister of Canada Robert Borden fought successfully for Canada to have it's own seat at the conference and succeded, Canada was no longer a representitive of Britain. Robert Borden insisted he be included among the other leaders to sign the treaty of Versailles.
  • Paris Peace Conference

    Paris Peace Conference
    The Paris Peace Treaty confrence held 1,646 sessions in the one year period.
  • The end of the Paris Peace Conference

    The end of the Paris Peace Conference
    The Conference ended on January 21st 1920
  • The Chanak Crisis 1922

    The Chanak Crisis 1922
    The Chanak Crisis also known as The Chanak Affair and The Chanak Incident was a war scare in 1922 between Britain and The Republic of Turkey. It was repotedly told by the Turkish people that they were trying to get the Greek people out of Turkey and get it back to the way that it was.
  • Chanak Crisis

    Chanak Crisis
    Chanak, Turkey 1922. Brirain was commited to maintaining troops in Chanak Turkey to protect the straight linking the Mediteranian sea to the Black sea. When the Turkish people threatend the British troops,Britain sent out a call to the Dominions for assiatance.
  • Mackenzie King

    Mackenzie King
    Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King sent a cable to Westminster saying that he would have to consult parlement before sending troops. This was a indication that Canada was no longer automatically at war on Britains demand. The Crisis Passed before there was any further involvment The Chanak incident is important as it is an example of Canada's indipendence from England
  • The Halibut Treaty

    The Halibut Treaty
    The Halibut Treaty happened in late Febuary early March 1923. It was a Canadian-American agreement concerning fishing rights in the Northern Pacific Ocean.
  • Canada fought

    Canada fought
    Although Canada's right to negotiate commercial treaties was well established, The British wanted to sign the convention along with Canada, Like they always have. Prime Minister Mackenzie King argued that the matter was only a concern between Canada and the United States, and he threatened separate canadian representation in Washington D.C.
  • The Halibut Treaty was signed

    The Halibut Treaty was signed
    The Halibut Treaty was signed on March 2nd 1923, It was a Canadian-American agreement concerning fishing rights. It was the first treaty independently negotiated and signed by the Canadian government.
  • The King-Byng Crisis

    The King-Byng Crisis
    The King-Byng Crisis started on October 29th 1925 with a Federal Election which brought in 101 Liberals, 116 Conservatives, and 28 Progressives.
  • King Byng

    King Byng
    Feild Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscout Byng of Vimy was a British Army offiver who served as a the 12th govener of Canada since the Canadian Constitution. Julian Hedworth George Byng (King Byng)
    September 11, 1862 - June 6, 1935
  • The Balfour Report

    The Balfour Report
    In 1926 the Balfour Report declared that Britain and its Dominions were equal to each other. It was a landmark document confirming Canada as a fully independent country. Untited with Britain and the other Dominions through commonwealth. July 1st, 1867 the Dominion of Canada was established, It comorised a union of the British North American colonies of, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the provence of Canada (now known as Ontario and Quebec).
  • The Balfour Report

    The Balfour Report
    Mackenzie King and South African Prime Minister J.B.M Hertzog played a key role in developing the subsequent Balfour Report. A very important document in canada's evolution to fully self-governing nationhood.
  • The end of the Crisis

    The end of the Crisis
    When the Liberal leader and the Prime minister of the previous parlement declined to turn over power to the conservitives but instead met with the house of commons, the new house, mainly due to the support of the progressives, backed the minority liberal government, there support lasted until June 25th 1926. Parlement defeted a motion to remove censure from a non-confidential motion against the King government
  • The Statue of Westminster

    The Statue of Westminster
    December 11, 1931 The Statue of Westminster was a British law clarifying the powers of Canada's parliament and those of the other commonwealth dominions. It granted these former colonies full legal fredom except those areas where they choose to remain subordinate to Britain Canada didn't immediatley take up all of it's new powers under the statue of westminster until 1949.