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Canada
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A Brief History of Canada:
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The Origins of the Canadian State
[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 1″ extra_class=””] Canada may be thought of as a modern state but Canadian History goes back much further. The area now called Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples.
[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 2″ extra_class=””] The name Canada, is thought to come from the native St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning “village” or “settlement”. This word was used in 1535 by French explorer Jacques Cartier about an area along the St Lawrence river. By 1545, European books and maps had begun describing this area of French interest as Canada. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 3 heading” extra_class=””]
It was in the 16th century that the British and the French started to make claims on the area. The French established their first colony in 1537. Meanwhile the British set about establishing numerous colonies throughout North America. After USA independence, Britain was left with a number of colonies north of the USA border.
British Colonies
[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 3″ extra_class=””] The future direction of Canadian History was permanently altered in 1771 when the British under General Wolfe’s defeated the French. As a result, by 1792 two British-controlled colonies were established called Upper Canada (later Ontario) and Lower Canada (later Quebec). They were collectively called The Canadas. Later, in 1841 they were unified as the British Province of Canada. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 4″ extra_class=””]The Canadas were the main front in the 1812-1814 War (read how this affected the British Army at the Battle of Waterloo) between the United States and Britain. Peace came in 1815 with no boundaries being changed. Immigration now resumed at a higher level, with over 960,000 arrivals from Britain between 1815 and 1850.[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 5″ extra_class=””]In July 1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined together to form the semi-autonomous Dominion of Canada. Further provinces and territories were subsequently added to create the present ten provinces and three territories forming Canada today.[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 6 heading” extra_class=””]
20th Century
[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 6″ extra_class=””] In 1914 Britain still maintained control of Canada’s foreign affairs. So when Britain declared war, Canada was automatically brought into World War I.
However, in 1931, Canada achieved near total independence from the UK so in 1939 King George VI, on the advice of the Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and to underscore Canada’s independence, declared war on behalf of Canada on the 10th September, seven days after the UK. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 7″ extra_class=””] In a referendum in 1949, Newfoundland voted to join Canada as a province. It had in 1934, as a result of the financial crisis and great depression, relinquished its position as a Dominion and had reverted to being a British-ruled Crown Colony. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 8″ extra_class=””]The 1960s saw the emergence of a new Canadian identity which was marked by the adoption of the current Maple Leaf National Flag in 1965. Full sovereignty was granted to Canada when the British Parliament passed the Canada Act in 1982 which removed the last ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 9 heading” extra_class=””]
Canada Today
[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 9″ extra_class=””]Canada is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state. The country is officially bilingual and ethnically diverse. As a developed country, Canada’s advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. It’s long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture.[/pt_text][/pt_column][/pt_row][/pt_section][pt_section element_name=”Section” width=”boxed” bg_color=”” bg_image=”” padding=”10px,0px,10px,0px” margin=”,,,” extra_class=””][pt_row element_name=”Row”][pt_column width=”1/1″][pt_text element_name=”Other Information” extra_class=””]
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