The memorial is engraved with the names of 11,285 soldiers who were either listed as dead of missing in Francev. ... " This is very important to Canada's independence because Canada can now decide for itself what's good and what's bad. ... We had time to decide as an independent country whether going into war was good for the country or not. ... Juno beach had a rather flat landscape but the Germans planted many stumbling blocks for the soldiers. Barbed wires and mines are some examples of the barrier that stood before the Canadian soldiers. ...

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But, by 1918, Canada had a very large military, with an army very advanced and with numbers of around 600,000 soldiers. ... More than 60,000 Canadian soldiers died in World War I. ... The Canadian soldiers were sent to England for training, the trained on the Salisbury Plains through a long cold and harsh winter. ... The Canadian soldiers fought all night to try and stop the German advance and close the gap. ... Bishop became good friends with another British ace, Albert Ball. ...

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A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

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A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

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A good example of how the colonist would stand up for their freedoms were all the protests and organized rebels that they planned. ... The Boston Massacre occurred when the Red Coats, which was another name for the British soldiers, opened fire on the colonist and killing 5. The killings would cause so much anger and resentment toward the British soldiers (American Home). ... He was elected leader of the Congress, due to the fact the showed leadership skills the people found good enough to elect him leader. ... They pushed the British soldiers back and, "The victo...

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Colonial soldiers were looked down upon, resulting in an underestimation by the British of the American military. ... American values were left untouched until this time period, and good timing allowed the Americans to revolt and become patriots. ...

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The island of Sri Lanka was colonised by Portugal from 1505-1658. During this period the Portuguese attempted to acclimatise the native population to Western customs in order to stem the flow of any potential resistance to their rule and gradually eradicate the local cultural and religious ways. One...

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