Canada History

BIG EDDY · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:51 am Post subject: Canada History

O.K. I thought that I'd start a new topic.... I was watching the Ken Burns U.S. Civil War film ( I'm interested in the Civil War ) After the show was over I realized that I really don't know a thing about Canadian history.... So how about our Canadian friends give us some insight? Very Happy

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Emma · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:48 pm Post subject:

Well for starters, Canada became a country (federation) in 1867 and our first Prime Minister was John A. Macdonald. I'll add more later!
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Dan909 · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

AS a pround Canadian I have no problem telling people about our wonderful country. We have a population of33,390,141. Consist of 10 provinces and 3 territories. Canada is the second largest country in the world. We have the worlds largest coastline. One fourth of the world freshwater resides on Canada, AS well as one tenth of the worlds forests. I will help Emma with this topic as best I can.
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Dan909 · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject:

Big eddy I forgot to add is you are a civil war buff. I enjoy reading about it too. Try the war of 1812. It is amazing how much the two countries( even though we weren't officially canada back then) hvae effected each other. Did you know that the reasoin why The white house is called the white house is because doing that war we burned it and all they could paint it with is white wash.
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Derek · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:52 am Post subject:

Canada didn't take its present shape as a country until March 31, 1949...that's when Newfoundland joined as the 10th province. Before that, we were our own country under Prime Minister Joseph Smallwood. The government and citizens of the day figured it was the right thing to do.
Dan mentioned that we have the world's largest coastline...over 6,000 miles of that coastline is here in Newfoundland and Labrador.

BIG EDDY · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:12 am Post subject:

Thank you for the lessens, I'll be looking for more.
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Emma · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject:

We should start a thread on American history as well because I know so little about the subject.
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BIG EDDY · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject:

When I was young and in school they glossed over American history.... now I'm learning how we Americans acted in the "early" years.
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Derek · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: