HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Serbian Nationalism, Guerrilla Warfare, Bilingual Education
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Prime ministers: wilfred laurier 1896-1911, robert borden 1911- Execution of riel 1885: manitoba school question 1890 o. Great britain goes to war in south africa o. Pits the british empire against dutch settlers: asks its former colonies (dominions) to mobilize and descend troops to africa o. Mainly about who will profit from the gold. Issue in canadian politics o o o. Laurier"s dilemma: english are pro-war and french are against the war. French don"t see why they should be there. Laurier"s solution is to compromise: agrees that canada should equip a volunteer force o. Forces are only volunteers, they are under the british and the british pays for it. 20th century kind of war: almost 300 canadians died. Satisfied no one: divided canadians along linguistic and religious lines o. Most were recent immigrants to canada from gb. Come back questioning the british as canadian nationalists. Austro-hungarian empire: murder of archduke ferdinand in sarajevo by a serbian nationalist.
