HIS311Y1 Lecture 17: The Empire Becomes a Commonwealth
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Father was a professor of law not so admirable. Mother was the daughter william lyon mackenzie, rebel of 1837. King was the support most of his family. He believed you could communicate with the dead. King tended to favour scientists and brits. Laurier was a regular dreamed often about him. Used the spirits as an echo chamber. The dead tended to agree with him. When we look at king, you should not see king as demented, he was in many ways extremely sane. Substitute for friends with spirits it will not tell on you, no leaks. King went to the hospital when skelton was dying. Despite his eccentricities was really quite sane. Must take his decisions in government as fairly normal. Bachelor; is known to have a series of girlfriends. Premiers and prime ministers of all self-governing british colonies. Presided over by the imperial cabinet secretary. Evolve into a kind of periodic, not quite governing body of the empire.
