HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD Dr. Curtis Cole Trent University @ UOIT A New Century September 28, 2009.

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Dr. Curtis Cole

Trent University @ UOIT

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September 28, 2009

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Canadian Nationalism•British Imperialism

Imperialism was one form of Canadian nationalism Carl Berger, The Sense of Power: Studies in the Ideas of Canadian Imperialism, 1867-1914

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Canadian Nationalism•British Imperialism•The Tarriff•John A. Macdonald, 1891

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Canadian Nationalism•British Imperialism•The Tarriff•Preferential British Tariff, 1897•Imperial Federation?•Royal Navy?•American Expansionism•Spanish-American War, 1898

Joseph ChamberlainColonial Secretary

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Canadian Nationalism•British Imperialism•Preferential British Tariff, 1897•Imperial Federation?•Royal Navy?•American Expansionism•Spanish-American War, 1898

•Platt Amendment (Cuban Constitution, 1903)

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Theodore RooseveltU.S. President, 1901-1909

Speak softly, but carrya big stick.

•The Monroe Doctrine

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Theodore RooseveltU.S. President, 1901-1909

Speak softly, but carrya big stick.

•The Monroe Doctrine

James MonroeU.S. President, 1817-1825

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Canadian Nationalism•British Imperialism•Preferential British Tariff, 1897•Imperial Federation?•Royal Navy?•American Expansionism•Spanish-American War, 1898

•Platt Amendment (Cuban Constitution, 1903)

French Canadians Opposed

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899

Cecil Rhodes

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899

Joseph ChamberlainColonial Secretary

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899•Laurier’s Options:

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899•Laurier’s Options:

1. Send Canadian Troops – under British Command

2. Send Canadian Troops – under Canadian Command

3. Send No Troops

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899•Laurier’s Options:

1. Send Canadian Troops – under British Command

2. Send Canadian Troops – under Canadian Command

3. Send No Troops

Compromise:•up to 1,000 Canadian volunteers to serve in the British Army•equipment and transportation only to be paid by Can. govt.

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Boer War, 1899•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

WilliamMcKinley

U.S. President,1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt

U.S. President,1901-1909

Skagway

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898•International Tribunal, 1903

•6 members:•3 British, 3 American

Melville FullerU.S. Chief Justice

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898•International Tribunal, 1903

•6 members:•3 British, 3 American

Elihu Root HenryCabotLodge

GeorgeTurner

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898•International Tribunal, 1903

•6 members:•3 British, 3 American

Elihu Root HenryCabotLodge

GeorgeTurner

LouisJetté

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898•International Tribunal, 1903

•6 members:•3 British, 3 American

Elihu Root HenryCabotLodge

GeorgeTurner

LouisJetté

John D.Armour

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898•International Tribunal, 1903

•6 members:•3 British, 3 American

Elihu Root HenryCabotLodge

GeorgeTurner

LouisJetté

AllenAylesworth

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Wilfrid LaurierPrime Minister, 1896-1911

•Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1898•International Tribunal, 1903

•6 members:•3 British, 3 American

Elihu Root HenryCabotLodge

GeorgeTurner

LouisJetté

AllenAylesworth

LordAlverstone

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