Questions tagged [canada]
Second largest country in the world, located in North America, having boundaries with the United States. The political system is parliamentary democratic monarchy, in personal union with the United Kingdom.
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Why did Canada not join the American Revolution?
America declared independence from Britain and fought a war of independence. Several states joined the fight, however, Canada remained British. Why did the American rebellion and war of independence ...
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When did Canada become truly independent?
I see that Canada became independent in 1867. But someone told me it wasn't truly independent until the 1980s. Is that true? In what sense is it true? I don't see anything about it in that article or ...
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Why did Canada, Australia and New Zealand separate from the UK?
I asked this question in various places on the Web. I haven't received a clear answer.
The USA separated from the UK because the people felt that they were not British, and they weren't.
Weren't ...
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Was it worthwhile for Britain to side with the USA in the Canada-Alaska border dispute?
In 1903 the Canada-Alaska border dispute was decided by a tribunal of 3 American members, 2 Canadian members, and 1 British member. The British member sided with the Americans with the stated goal of ...
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Did Britain send convicts to Canada during the colonial era?
During the colonial era before the American War of Independence, Britain sent convicts to its North American colonies which eventually became the USA, but did Britain also send convicts to those ...
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Who sold this book in London in the 1930s?
Several years ago, I purchased a copy of A.W. Wheen's English translation of Erich Maria Remarque's Three Comrades (published, as best as I can tell, sometime in 1937 by Hutchinson & Co. of London,...
