Canadian Confederation In all of their approaches to confederation the Maritime States, Canada East, and Canada West all had their own sectional viewpoints issues, and compromises sought in the final plan. ... Canada East was one part of the mainland portion of Canada. ... One main one was that they were worried about being out numbered by the English and having their culture in Canada go out of existence. ... The loyalists wanted to crush the French culture in Canada and sugar coat it by bringing in a Representation by population or "Rep by Pop." ... However, afterwards, they star...

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With this misconceptions American fail to realize that Canada looks much like the States but or cultures are somewhat different. ... That means that the immigrants keep their culture and don't leave on the plane when they step into the country. ... In some retrospect Canada is the same as America. ... I am born Canadian, I have grown up in Toronto. Americans who have never been to Canada look at the television and think that Canada is a place that snows all year round. ...

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The overtaking of Canadian culture by Americans posed threats to Canada and as a result measures were taken to preserve all things Canadian. ... The American stations that were accessed by Canadians posed a threat on their Canadian culture. ... Through the years and even today, America has impacted Canadian culture. ... The overtaking of Canadian culture by that of Americans posed threats to Canada and many measures were taken to preserve their own culture. Laws were implemented and Acts were drawn up in hopes that Canadian culture would be preserved. ...

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The Great Gatsby and the 1920's in Canada were very similar in that respect. ... The major difference apparent in the countries, at the time is the influence and decline of USA's culture on Canada and itself. ... In both USA and Canada roaring twenties was the main source for independence. ... The major difference apparent between the countries at the time is the influence and decline of USA's culture on Canada and itself. As such, the American dream was the sole core of the 1920's as shown in The Great Gatsby and Canada's major cultural influence....

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In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to legislate stricter gun control. ... Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . ... A factor to be considered, though, is our national heritage or culture which holds traditions of passiveness and peace unlike the American Frontier heritage. ... According to Sproule and Kennett, "Canada's favourable s...

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Argumentative Essay Question: Why did the four provinces of Canada unite together to form a country in 1867? The four provinces in Canada united into a country in 1867 to defend themselves against the United States. ... That meant that Canadian goods were limited to North America. ... The French North Americans feared survival of their culture because the English population was growing rapidly. ... Together, they decided to unite into a country of French and English speaking Canadians. ...

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The movie centers around the fury that occurs when Kyle, Stan, Eric, and Kenny see an R rated movie called Asses of Fire, a Terrance and Philip film from Canada. ... As the movie moves along the anger of the parents turns to war as Canada and the United States start to battle each other. ... As the attempted rescue mission fails a battle between the Canadians and Americans breaks out causing the coming of Satan and Sadam. ... In the movie the United States captures Terrance and Philip for corrupting the youth, and the Canadian government demands they be returned to them. ... In news reports th...

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Those involved in the war were the Americans, British, Canadians, and Native Americans. ... The Aboriginal people preserved their land and culture most successfully in Canada. ... The War Hawks clear goals was to capture as much of Canada and make it their own. While the Napoleonic Wars were going on in France, Canada was left unprotected for some time. ... All of these reasons kept America out of Canada. ...

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Canadian law has never used either "discovery" or "terra nullius." ... By the time of Canadian confederation in 1867, and the Rupert's Land transfer of 1869-70, Indian tribes were treated as "domestic," as within British and Canadian jurisdiction. ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... If Canadian law had given Indians rights, Indians had rights. ... In 1982 section 35 was added to the Constitution of Canada: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples ...

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She emigrated first to the United States in 1961, and then to Canada in 1968. ... Most of her novels reflect her personal experiences traveling between two worlds; her native India and North America (represented by the USA and Canada). ... Other countries in Europe, and Canada, deliberately exclude you. ... Does America represent global culture for Mukherjee? ... How does Du attempt to fuse two cultures (remember what he does with electronics)? ...

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Yet, they also benefit from the cheap labor, low prices on consumer goods, cultures, traditions, ideas, and their contribution to the economy. ... " Doc. 1 Even though immigration is the sincerest form of flattery, terrorists could still come from the other borders like from Canada or Mexico. ... "In which the U.S. tells Canada to do more to control the long border between the two nations in order to keep the terrorists from entering the United States.... "Many of the immigration right groups encourage immigrants to preserve their culture at the taxpayers' expense.... This ...

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The New France of North America was called the Canada colonies. ... Jacques Cartier found Canada and took possession of it. ... France then surrendered Canada and part of Louisiana to Britain in 1763. ... Most people in Canada do speak French. And practice the French culture. ...

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One source says, "French-Canadian has become a sufficiently good American to have given up his earlier programs of turning New England into a new France that is, into a Catholic province or of returning to the province of quebec." ... This source even states they he called his parents names and laughed at their culture. ... He felt like he was only forced to learn the American culture. ... Some immigrants that came to America did not adapt to American culture. ... The Italians felt like they couldn't believe in two cultures. ...

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Murderball is known as quadriplegic rugby that started in Canada and has branched out to other countries. ... The culture of wheelchair rugby is very intense, yet fun, and family oriented. ... When it comes to sports, most teams have a rival that they can't stand and have to beat, and for the U.S. team their rival is Canada. Wheelchair rugby culture compared to sports played by able-bodied people is the same. ... In the movie there was a coach for the Canadian team named Joe. ...

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It was first invented by the Native Americans well over a century ago and then adapted to be part of the French and Canadian cultures as well. ... When he was finished with his mission and returned to Canada, he told the pioneers of the sport he saw and they began to play. Then in 1867, Canadian George Beers standardized the game of lacrosse with field dimensions, set number of players, and other vague basic rules. ... In the first Olympic championship, Canada defeated the United States, and then held there title in the 1908 Olympics against England. ... Another form of lacrosse, box lacrosse,...

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Today, "Paganism" has two meanings: the earth-centered spiritual traditions of many cultures, both modern and historical, and modern revivals of ancient Pagan religions of Europe and the Middle East. ... They are generally open to adopting concepts from other cultures. ... There are over one hundred thousand Pagans and Witches in North America today, with more than five thousand in Canada. ...

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Also there have been numerous wars between the two countries over disputes of land and culture. ... It is true that our culture has violent video stimulation. ... This holds true for Canada also. Both Japan and Canada have violent movies that are watched daily and violent video games that are played daily. But Japan has less than 40 homicides from guns a year and Canada has less than 160. ...

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But if you are a Canadian citizen coming into America you could past the borders with no problems. ... Mostly because Canadians do not want to come to America and live they are contempt with their own Country. ... Once many immigrants come to America they quickly assimilate our culture and customs. ... (Abbott 309) By allowing this to happen not only are we allowing people to lose their individuality but we are also destroy their culture and adapt to ours. ... Whether its their culture, religion, or adding to our workforce. ...

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A livestock ranching culture dominates the region. ... South Texas has a strong ranching culture which reflects the American Cowboy. ... The North American Free Trade Agreement or most commonly known as NAFTA ,enacted in 1994 is a trilateral trade bloc between Canada, United States and Mexico that transport $6.5 trillion dollars of goods and services annually between these 3 countries. ...

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One might actually wonder how the nations indigenous populations became "inferior" cultures on their own land, or how a nation could have committed such atrocities in the name of "progress". ... When you look at a Native American`s life, you can see very clearly that culture is a huge part of their life. ... Before Columbus and the Europeans came to America there were over 300 languages spoken by the native americans, now only 8 indigenous languages of the area of the continental United States currently have a population of speakers in the U.S. and Canada large enough to populate a medium-size...

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XYZ Restaurant Company One-Third of the work force of XYZ Restaurant Company is Hispanic, about half is Mexican-Americas and half is Cuban-American. We can not assume that both groups come from similar cultures. In Mexico, the educational system is controlled by the government and is offered to a...

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When these people get power the first thing they do is attempt to dismantle any part of American culture they find. ... When Americans become a minority, it might not be America any more, it could be South Canada. ...

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Cannabis has numerous medicinal benefits that nations such as Canada, The United States of America and Israel are using to treat thousands of patients. ... Cannabis has been used in almost every culture in the world. ... It shows itself to be a state that does not understand the practices and beliefs of other cultures. ... As Islam outlaws alcohol, the usage of khat in Somali culture is similar to the western usage of alcohol. ...

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Due to the fact that my mother is an employee for United Airlines, my family have been to places including India, Germany, Great Britain, France, Costa Rica, Canada, Mexico, and most of the states in the United States to name a few. ... Florida in general is exploding with especially Latin culture which I have always been interested in. I speak somewhat fluent Spanish, am very knowledgeable on the different parts of Hispanic culture, and am very into Latin dance and music. ... Furthermore, I could learn a lot about the Hispanic culture from residing there. ... In this big melting pot we ca...

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Cultural relativism says that good and bad are related to culture. ... In certain cases, we, the other society has to let the certain culture survive as long as it does not affect other cultures in extreme. ... There are some cultures ignorant to the fact. ... It is occasionally performed within Aboriginal, Christian and Muslim families who have emigrated to the US or Canada from some Muslim countries where it is practiced as a social tradition. ... In the US and Canada, the very small percentage of Muslims who wish to continue FGM, and find it impossible to find a doctor who will conduct th...

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