There are many defining moments and events in our young American history that have led to the great nation‚ we live in today. Though all of these moments and events helped shape our nation‚ some of them were not easy and came with great consequences. Others came as natural as the land and nation itself‚ raw‚ sometimes unforgiving and other times‚ simply breathtaking. These moments make up our history and this country that I call home. This country was founded by many great men. George Washington
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Canada. "Many Canadians felt a growing need to portray their land more honestly."1 The Group of Seven was a group of landscape painters who took up the challenge and transformed the misleading and stereotyped ways that Canada and its people were portrayed in. The seven founding artists of the famous Group were: Lawren S. Harris‚ J.E.H. MacDonald‚ Arthur Lismer‚ Frederick Varley‚ Frank Johnston‚ Franklin Carmichael and A.Y. Jackson. Before the Group of Seven emerged from Toronto‚ Canadian landscape painting
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Huge moments in American history are the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement‚ which have had significant implications on the struggle for social justice and equality. These movements led by prominent personalities and their powerful demonstrations prompted national debates that culminated into legislation‚ thereby shaping society even up to now. Moreover‚ through peaceful protests‚ legal battles as well as a strong commitment to change‚ activists within these movements challenged
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The first official Canadian Tire Store was opened in the year 1923 in Hamilton John Williams Billes and Alfred Jackson Billes with its headquarters situated in Toronto‚ Ontario. Canadian Tire Corp is also well known to sell a variety of products and services; namely Automotive‚ sport and leisure‚ and home products. ("Canadian Tire"‚ 2016). According to the ("2015 – Year in Review"‚ 2016)‚ this corporation also holds a family of retail companies and services namely: Canadian Tire Financial services(which
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reduced during the war‚ which made workers demand for a higher wage from their employer. On top of this many if not all of the war material factories were going out of business. Economic hardship and unfairness erupted into a strike that made Canadian history. 3) Regionalism is the concern of the many regions of the country with their own local problems. An example of this in Canada during the 1920 are when the maritime provinces wanted the Maritime Rights Movement because they found that their
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| History Culminating | Formal Written Report | | | | | Throughout the 20th Century in Canada there have been large amounts of tension and hostility between two of the largest ethnic groups‚ French and English Canadians. Both groups have attempted to gain the upper hand in battles over politics‚ language‚ religion‚ and culture. It is unfortunate that this bitter battle between Canadians is still taking place today. It is worth noting that the French make up 24% of Canada’s
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Seven Great Men in History When you come across people that have committed horrible crimes or made many bad mistakes in life‚ you normally don’t give a second thought to what you think about them. They did something horrible and really should be punished for it. This is probably the majority of how most would think. What if that person who did such an unforgiveable thing‚ was also said to be one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had? Should a person’s positive achievements for the
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Writing has never been easy for me. In school‚ I have always had good grades. Some subjects came naturally like biology‚ history‚ and even math. Over time I have learned‚ that writing is a process. It takes patience and skill. Ever since writing my first major paper in the eighth grade‚ I gained a better understanding and appreciation for writing. The defining moment of my writing career happened‚ April of my eighth grade year. My English teacher was Mrs. M.E.‚ she dislike her first name which was
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religion‚ language‚ etc. There are numerous incidents about historical and current racism in Canada. One of incident which cannot be forgotten and avoided is Kamagata Maru journey of Punjabis from India to Vancouver which is most symbolic moment in Canadian history. Kamagata Maru was a ship sailed from Hong Kong‚ then a holding of the British Empire‚ via Shanghai‚ China‚ and Yokohama‚ Japan‚ to Vancouver‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ in 1914‚ carrying 376 passengers from
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (also known as The Charter of Rights and Freedoms or simply the Charter) is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. It forms the first part of the Constitution Act‚ 1982. The Charter guarantees certain political and civil rights of people in Canada from the policies and actions of all levels of government. It is designed to unify Canadians around a set of principles that embody those rights. The Charter was preceded by the Canadian
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