Some considered this battle the turning point of World War I. ... He threatened to declare war on Turkey by Britain and its dominions, Canada being one of them. Lloyd made this threat without consulting the dominions at first and when Canada found out, it objected and refused to take part in Britain's war. Later, Canada demanded the right of self-determination in order to decide for itself whether or not they want to take part in any future wars in which Britain was involved. After all of this debate Canada later decided to go to war with Britain, but by the time Canada had come to that ...

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The British - American war that lasted for more than two years was crucial to Canada today, in terms of becoming, remaining and having roots of a British nation. ... Both sides failed in attempts to capture each others lands, and eventually settled on final boundaries which separated what is known today as Canada from the United States of America. ... After the peace treaty the British policy was consistently seeking entente rather than trouble with the Americans, so in a sense the Americans had won (Bumstead J.M., A History Of The Canadians Peoples, 2003 - pp. 118). ... The war of 1812 was su...

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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) Introduction: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a US-oriented defense alliance that was formed on August 24, 1949 through a treaty, which was signed on April 4, 1949 by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK and the USA. The basic aim of this alliance was to protect European states from the possible aggression by USSR, which after the Second War looked determined to expand her frontiers. ... Organizational Structure: The structure of NATO consists of a council, the Defens...

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During the second half of the nineteenth century, the United States and Canada experienced an urban revolution incomparable in world history up to that point in time. ... From 1820 to 1900, about 20 million immigrants entered American ports, more than half of them coming after the Civil War. ...

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English history is wrought with bouts of war, famine and chaos and near destruction of all British livelihoods. ... The war of 1812 was a depiction of English relentless cling to the land that it had lost. ... The First World War actually began friendly British/American relations similar to that of today. ... Those at the conference also decided to meet recurrently after the conclusion of the war. ... Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, o...

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After the last French and Indian war (1754-1763) the British gained Canada and the Mississippi area as new territories. The war was won but the costs had been huge, and would remain high due to the need to protect the colonies against other enemies. But even more dangerous to the empire was the fact that Anglo-American strategic and economic interdependence were disrupted and no longer coincided after the War. ... Additional to this was a general post-war depression and the enactment of another act prohibiting the use of paper money as legal tender, almost immediately following the Sugar Act....

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Victory in the aforementioned war meant that Britain was never occupied or defeated like the other six founding countries members. Although Britain had suffered greatly in the Second World War, the people of Britain had not been as directly affected by European differences; so the desire to form a stable Europe was not as urgent as on mainland Europe. ... The white Protestants of Australia, Canada and New Zealand mattered much more to the post imperial British than the European continent, Marr identifies. ... Every British Prime Minister (PM) from World War II onwards has had to make a choice ...

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But as the war continued the atmosphere became increasingly hostile - The Muslim's image was irrevocably damaged after September 11th, though it is fair to say that this is also a world-wide issue. ... The much debated citizenship test is already active in countries like USA and Canada, and in Britain's case aims testing in English proficiency, legal and social systems and the roles of the Monarchy and other institutions. ...

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