Susan Delacourt‚ a political journalist‚ says: “To be Canadian mean to be willing to shrug off your own identity so you can imagine what it’s like to be someone else.” This is the Canada we know now‚ diverse and multicultural‚ however it took over a century to get to this point. Before becoming a nation‚ Canada was a province‚ consisting of Canada West‚ mainly Anglophones who were at the time minorities‚ and Canada East‚ mainly Francophones‚ and ruled by the British. The early vision for Canada
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isolate a major cause when his reply to the question of what started the war was "Oh‚ if only I knew". The four main causes were imperialism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and nationalism. Without these influences the war would have never happened. However‚ all four of these main causes were inspired and encouraged by nationalism. Nationalism is known as the love of ones own country. Through this love breeds an aspiration to be unsurpassed by any other country; which‚ in this case‚ resulted in the First World
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Jefferson did not present his candidacy for a third presidential period‚ but he helped elect the Democratic-Republican candidate from Virginia‚ James Madison‚ as president in 1808. Madison was the 4th president who also presided for two periods‚ from 1809 to 1817. During these years he had to confront serious problems. The worst of them was the continuous confrontations with Great Britain. Neither English nor French were in disposition to cede to American petitions. The United States wanted to have
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little insight to the conditions that truly caused World War I. These conditions were caused by the original reasons for the Balkan War. The circumstances set by the events and The Treaty of Versailles of World War I laid the groundwork for World War II. Similarly‚ the Balkan War set the stage for the First World War. These surrounding circumstances were the growing nationalism‚ drive for power‚ and high tensions between nations. Each of the mentioned causes set the stage for even more conflict within
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with the ambitions of the Balkans in 1870. The Balkan states (Serbia‚ Romania‚ and Bulgaria) were controlled under the Ottoman Empire. A movement started in 1878 including Russia and the three Balkan States. They wanted to gain their independance and also reunite the Balkan Slav countries back under one rule. Russia agreed to help the balkan states for two reasons. One‚ they wanted to support and free the slavs from the Ottoman Empire and two‚ if they helped the Balkan states they would be gained
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Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) The Boxer rebellion was an example of Chinese nationalism against foreign influence. The uprising took place during the Qing dynasty‚ which was established in 1614. The Boxer Rebellion weakened the dynasty‚ following an uprising in 1911‚ the dynasty came to an end and China became a republic in 1912. The Boxer Rebellion targeted both the Machu dynasty in China and influence of European within China. Though the Boxer Rebellion failed but it did enough to stir up national
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order to receive raw materials to keep up with the fast expanding industries. For example‚ in the late 1800s Britain‚ France and Germany all snapped up what was left of Africa during ‘the scramble for Africa’. This imperialism‚ alongside growing nationalism and militarism‚ created international tensions in Europe as countries found themselves facing each other off in battles to win over their desired colonies. European countries didn’t only want control of these countries to gain resources from
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3005151 MWH 5 5/1/13 MAIN Causes of WWI: Intro+Imperialism+Nationalism World War I was an event that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe‚ therefore killing off almost a generation of Europeans. It ended empires in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria Hungary and caused Russia to turn to communism and become a totalitarian state with Stalin in power. It created more rights for women‚ and changed the social perspective of life to gloomy and pessimistic. The Congress of Vienna of 1814‚ created a long lasting peace
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Ferdinand who was killed in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo (Mulligan). The main cause of WW1 is M.A.I.N which represents militarism‚ alliance systems‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism (Danzer 579). And a contributing factor of WW1 is escalating tension in the Balkan region. Because of the assassination‚ M.A.I.N‚ and tension in the Balkan Peninsula the conflict known as WW1 began. Often the immediate cause for some event is what happened right before that event occurred in this case the assassination
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To what extent did nationalism within the Austria-Hungarian Empire contribute to the outbreak of war in 1914? Nationalism within Austria-Hungary: a struggle for self-determination. But Austria-Hungary was brave to meet the challenge and to struggle for preservation of the Empire. Result: internally‚ proposal of extending the dual rule to a triple or a quadruple one; externally‚ nationalistic rivalries started between Austria and Serbia‚ between Austria and Russia. Her solution was
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