651 résultats pour "province"
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Roman Empire .
A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...
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Roman Empire - History.
A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...
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Iran - country.
Zagros mountains. In the more arid central part of the country, wild pistachio and other drought-resistant trees grow in areas that have not been disturbed by humanactivity. Tamarisk and other salt-tolerant bushes grow along the margins of the Dasht-e Kavir. A wide variety of native mammals, reptiles, birds, and insects inhabit Iran. Many species of mammals—including wolves, foxes, bears, mountain goats, red mountainsheep, rabbits, and gerbils—continue to thrive. Others—including Caspian tigers,...
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John Macdonald.
dissolution of the existing Union. The Atlantic colonies, which consisted of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, were considering the question of their own union andplanned to meet at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on September 1, 1864. Macdonald saw his opportunity and secured an invitation for the Canadians to attend.The delegates of the Atlantic colonies put off their own discussion until they had heard the Canadians. Macdonald spoke of the advantages in...
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John Macdonald - Canadian History.
dissolution of the existing Union. The Atlantic colonies, which consisted of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, were considering the question of their own union andplanned to meet at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on September 1, 1864. Macdonald saw his opportunity and secured an invitation for the Canadians to attend.The delegates of the Atlantic colonies put off their own discussion until they had heard the Canadians. Macdonald spoke of the advantages in...
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John Macdonald - Canadian History.
dissolution of the existing Union. The Atlantic colonies, which consisted of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, were considering the question of their own union andplanned to meet at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on September 1, 1864. Macdonald saw his opportunity and secured an invitation for the Canadians to attend.The delegates of the Atlantic colonies put off their own discussion until they had heard the Canadians. Macdonald spoke of the advantages in...
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Sept semaines d'exode massif au Kosovo
tenaient les négociations de Rambouillet, la présence - dès janvier selon le Post - de paramilitaires comme les "tigres" d'Arkandans la région de Mitrovica, de Velika Hoca ou ailleurs, les "bérets rouges" de Franko Simatovic. Le départ, enfin, desvérificateurs de l'OSCE, qui franchirent la frontière macédonienne le 20 mars, sous les applaudissements des forces serbes. D'après un décompte effectué jeudi 6 mai par le Haut-Commissariat aux réfugiés de l'ONU (HCR), 875 000 Albanais duKosovo ont q...
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South Africa - country.
The major soil zones are conditioned largely by climatic factors. In the semiarid north and west, soils are alkaline and poorly developed. In the southern part of WesternCape Province, rain falls mostly in the winter months, and soils there form slowly and are generally thin and immature. The moderate temperatures and summer rainfallof the High Veld and eastern coastal areas create conditions for more productive organic decomposition, leading to dark, fertile soils, or chernozems, similar to tho...
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lHistoire de la Normandie: L'enjeu des rivalités franco-anglaises durant quatre siècles 1982 323 800 911 1066 1204 1431 1468 1790
• Constatant la difficulté de gouverner en même temps des deux côtés de la Manche, Guillaume attribue à sa mort en 1087 le duché de Normandie à son fils ainé et l'Angleterre à son cade� Guillaume le Roux. • À la mort de ce dernier en croisade en 1100, le troisième fils de Guillaume le Conquérant, Henri Beauclerc, tente de réunifier le royaume anglo-normand : il s'empare du trône, débarque en Normandie et défait son frère à la bataille de Tinc...
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Pays-Bas.
3.2 Découpage administratif et villes principales Les Pays-Bas sont constitués de 12 provinces, Drenthe, Flevoland, Frise, Gueldre, Groningue, Limbourg, Brabant Septentrional, Hollande Septentrionale, Overijssel,Hollande Méridionale, Utrecht et Zélande, divisées en près de 700 municipalités. Les plus grandes villes sont Amsterdam (739 300 habitants), la capitale du pays ; Rotterdam (596 100 habitants), le plus grand port du pays ; La Haye (468 400 habitants),où siège le gouvernement, et Utrecht...
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Ireland - country.
F Plants and Animals Ireland’s animal life does not differ markedly from that of England or France. Over many centuries of human settlement almost all of Ireland’s natural woodlands werecleared, and indigenous animals such as bear, wolf, wildcat, beaver, wild cattle, and the giant Irish deer (a type of fallow deer) gradually disappeared. However, thehardy and versatile Connemara pony, Ireland’s only native pony breed, has been used by Irish farmers since prehistoric times. The great auk, or gar...
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Armenian Massacres .
Some of the Armenian revolutionaries and others hoped that the massacres would provoke the intervention of the European powers (Britain, France, Austria-Hungary,and Germany). Although the leaders of the European powers publicly condemned the actions of the sultan, they failed to intervene. Mutual rivalries and suspicions, aswell as the imprecise terms of Article 61 of the Treaty of Berlin, helped produce this inaction. But these bloody episodes soon paved the way for the rise of a newnationalist...
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Kosovo, dix ans d'affrontements
nous, pas d'incertitude", est réélu avec 65 % des voix. A l'automne 1990, un rapport de la CIA, dont fait état l' International Herald Tribune dans son édition du 29 novembre, estimeque "l'expérience socialiste a échoué, le pays se disloque, et le démembrement de la Fédération sera accompagné de violencesethniques et d'agitation qui conduiront à la guerre civile". Et, déjà, les auteurs du document accusent Slobodan Milosevic d'être leprincipal instigateur des troubles en Yougoslavie en raison...
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Kosovo.
massacre de 45 civils kosovars crée une vive émotion, et la pression militaire de l’OTAN s’accroît. Le Groupe de contact organise à Londres en janvier, à Rambouillet enfévrier, et à Paris en mars, des pourparlers auxquels participent les autorités yougoslaves et les principales formations albanaises, dont l’UCK. 3.5 La transformation du conflit en guerre Entériné par l’UCK, l’accord final du 15 mars 1999 est rejeté par la Yougoslavie, qui refuse la présence des forces de l’OTAN. Une ultime tent...
- Exarchat Province placée sous l'autorité d'un exarque, dignitaire impérial détenant les pouvoirs civils et militaires à l'instar d'un vice-roi.
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Canada Le plus vaste État d'Amérique et le deuxième du monde par sa superficie, s'étendant du N.
États-Unis et le Mexique, l'«Accord de libre-échange nord-américain» (en angl. NAFTA), destiné à organiser une zone économique capable d'équilibrer la Communauté européenne et de tenir tête à l'expansion japonaise. Histoire. Les Indiens furent les premiers habitants connus du pays. Le Canada fut reconnu par Cabot en 1497, exploré par Verrazano (1524) et par Cartier (1535-1536, remontée du Saint-Laurent), qui en prit possession au nom de la France. L'occupation de la Nouvelle-France, difficile à...
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Perry declared prohibition unenforceable and canceled the policing contracts for the two provinces. The strength of the force dwindled further as its members wererecruited into the military. Many, including Perry, believed it would not last into peacetime. VI EXPANSION TO A NATIONAL ROLE After the war Newton W. Rowell, a federal cabinet minister, was sent across western Canada to assess the future of the Mounties. The options were either to eliminatethe North-West Mounted Police or to expand i...
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Les témoignages des Espagnols, mais aussi les textes en langue aztèque et les trésors
archéologiques du Mexique nous permettent de reconstituer l'histoire des Aztèques.
Les livres Aztèques - fondation de Mexico-Tenochtitlán en 1325 (codex Mendoza), page 504, volume 1 Société et gouvernement Au fur et à mesure de l'expansion de l'empire, la société aztèque se diversifiait, tandis que le gouvernement et l'administration des provinces se développaient. Les simples citoyens (maceualtin ) devaient le service militaire et participaient aux travaux collectifs. Chacun recevait du calpulli (organisation tribale de quartier) une parcelle de terre pour y construire...
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Géographie LE QUEBEC
Le Québec vagues de froid ou les venues d'air tropical sur Montréal. Ce relief favorise le développement d'échanges méridiens de masses d'air et entraîne un climat dit «laurentien», regroupant les climats de l'Ontario et du Québec, soit une zone de près de 1000 km de long sur une largeur maximale, en Ontario, de 300 km. Les nuances observées sur cette étendue font de ce climat un mélange d'as pect océanique et continental -fait à peu près unique...
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Wilfrid Laurier.
The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...
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Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.
The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...
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Indo-Pakistani Wars - History.
wrest Jammu and Kashmīr from India through the use of force. This effort failed as India held its ground, and the war ended in a stalemate after almost two months ofarmed conflict. Although the second war over the territory was shorter than the first, the increased firepower of the two nations resulted in a more deadly war, with atotal of about 6,800 battle casualties. A Events Before the War A number of factors precipitated the second conflict over Jammu and Kashm īr. In the wake of a border w...
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l’Afrique du Sud (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – Géographie - Enseignements Pratiques Interdisciplinaires)
• Le Kalahari, homogène. La côte de l'océan Indien , d 'or, les plus riches du monde , explique province du Cap-Occidental. Le climat au Kwazulu-Natal et dans la province au nord-ouest , jusqu'au Cap, de même que les plateaux le développement rapide de la ville après méditerranéen du Cap permet ainsi la du Nord , recèle près de 60 % des présente, de l 'intérieur , autour de Pretoria , sa fondation en 1890 . Ville moderne, cultu r e de fruits et d'agrumes , a...
- Prusse-Rhénane ou Province du Rhin.
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histoire de la chine les huit immortels
le Jiangxi soviétique. A Ruijin, Deng Xiaoping prend ses fonctions de secrétaire du Comité du Parti en été 1931. En 1933, il devient directeur du département de la propagande du comité provincial du parti dans le Jiangxi. 2. Chen Yun Chen Yun naît en 1905 dans la province de Shanghai. I l est issu des classes populaires urbaines, il est peu probable que Chen Yun ait reçu plus qu'une instruction primaire. Travailleur de l'imprimerie, il rejoint le parti communiste en 1925 et tra...
- Spa. Spa, ville de l'est de la Belgique, dans la province
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Indonésie.
du monde. En 1995, Sumatra comptait 40,8 millions d’habitants et Célèbes environ 13,7 millions. Le taux de croissance annuelle de la population est actuellement de 1,18 p. 100. La mortalité infantile (31 p. 1 000) reste encore élevée. En 2008, le taux de natalité étaitde 19,20 p. 1 000, le taux de mortalité de 6,20 p. 1 000, et l’indice de fécondité à 2,34 enfants par femme. L’espérance de vie, estimée à 70,5 années, est la plus basse despays insulaires d’Asie du Sud-Est. La population indonésie...
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Yangtze - Geography.
A Agriculture and Industry Today about 400 million people, or about one-third of the population of China, live in the Yangtze Basin. Many are engaged in agriculture. The basin contributes nearlyhalf of China’s crop production, although only one-quarter of the basin is arable. The most fertile areas for farming are the Sichuan Basin, the plains between theYangtze and its tributary the Han, and the plains of the lower basin. In all about 40 percent of the cereals, more than 30 percent of the cott...
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Métis - Canadian History.
authority in the Northwest Rebellion. As in 1869, they were worried about title to their river lots, which were unsurveyed and were therefore omitted from the surveyadopted by the Department of the Interior. The Métis demanded a distribution of land and scrip, as had occurred in Manitoba after 1870. The Métis action at Batoche encouraged several bands of indigenous nations (Cree, Assiniboine, and Sioux) to take up arms. Threatened with a general rising across theNorthwest Territories, the Canadi...
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French Canadian Nationalism - Canadian History.
The revolution ended in independence for the Americans, who named their new country the United States of America. In the aftermath, thousands of people who hadopposed the American Revolution migrated from what was now the United States to British North America. These people, known as the United Empire Loyalists, settledin the Maritimes, where they greatly increased the British majority over the Acadians, and in Québec. Some settled near francophone communities around Montréal andin the Eastern T...
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Canada.
Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...
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Canada - country.
Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...
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Canada - Canadian History.
Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...
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Indian Treaties in Canada - Canadian History.
Pontiac led an attack on British forts in the Great Lakes area to end British domination and to reinforce Indian autonomy. In response, British king George III issued theRoyal Proclamation of 1763 to try to appease the Indians of the interior. The proclamation set aside land for the Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains anddescribed this land as “lands reserved to [Indians] … as their Hunting Grounds.” The proclamation not only recognized Indian land ownership, but also required thattreaties...
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Ethnic Groups in Canada - Canadian History.
Ontario and the Atlantic provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island). Most of the Irish live in rural areas of NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and Québec. The Welsh are by far the smallest group among the British Canadians, and they have also settled inthe Atlantic provinces and Ontario. B Culture The language spoken by British Canadians is mostly English, but some Welsh speak their own Celtic language and some Scots, Gae...
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Labor Unions in Canada - Canadian History.
job. Before collective bargaining begins, workers elect a bargaining committee. The bargaining committee determines the workers’ demands and strategy innegotiations with the employer. Local unions usually are part of national or international unions. These national and international unions employ a staff for organizing workers at the local level, doingresearch, educating union members about labor and political matters, and working with local union leaders. Unions hold regular conventions of dele...
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New York - geography.
The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...
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New York - USA History.
The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...
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Montréal - geography.
percent), and Eastern Orthodox (2.8 percent) religions. Another 5.4 percent claim no religious affiliation. IV EDUCATION AND CULTURE Montréal has a large number of private schools, most of them partially funded by the province. Like the rest of Québec province, Montréal has two public schoolsystems, one for French speakers and one for English speakers. The Charter of the French Language (1977), known as Bill 101, restricts access to English-languageschools and requires children of immigrants t...
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Montréal - Geography.
percent), and Eastern Orthodox (2.8 percent) religions. Another 5.4 percent claim no religious affiliation. IV EDUCATION AND CULTURE Montréal has a large number of private schools, most of them partially funded by the province. Like the rest of Québec province, Montréal has two public schoolsystems, one for French speakers and one for English speakers. The Charter of the French Language (1977), known as Bill 101, restricts access to English-languageschools and requires children of immigrants t...
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California - geography.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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California - USA History.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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Canadian Parliament.
government’s legislative program. Members of Commons can also present a motion in response to the Budget Speech, which reviews the government’s economicrecord, taxation, and expenditure plans, and to Supply Motions, which concern budgets for individual departments. If a majority of MPs support a no-confidence motion,the government must resign. Also, if Parliament rejects a significant government proposal, the government is expected to resign and request the governor-general to call an election....
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Oregon - geography.
B Rivers and Lakes The Columbia River forms most of the Oregon-Washington boundary, and with its tributaries this great river drains a large portion of Oregon. From the point where theColumbia first touches the state, at Wallula Gap, the river runs in a shallow gorge, deepening as it approaches the Cascades. This part of the river once had manyrapids and falls, but is now navigable by large vessels because of dams and locks that have been built along much of its length. An important tributary o...
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Oregon - USA History.
B Rivers and Lakes The Columbia River forms most of the Oregon-Washington boundary, and with its tributaries this great river drains a large portion of Oregon. From the point where theColumbia first touches the state, at Wallula Gap, the river runs in a shallow gorge, deepening as it approaches the Cascades. This part of the river once had manyrapids and falls, but is now navigable by large vessels because of dams and locks that have been built along much of its length. An important tributary o...
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
IV PRIME MINISTER After the resignation of Lester Pearson as leader of the Liberal Party, Trudeau was chosen as his successor, and on April 20, 1968, he became prime minister. He calleda general election and showed himself to be a brilliant campaigner, projecting an image of youthful charm and vitality. He argued for a united Canada with equal rightsfor French- and English-speaking citizens and opposed special status for any province. The voters gave him a substantial majority over Robert Stan...
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau - Canadian History.
IV PRIME MINISTER After the resignation of Lester Pearson as leader of the Liberal Party, Trudeau was chosen as his successor, and on April 20, 1968, he became prime minister. He calleda general election and showed himself to be a brilliant campaigner, projecting an image of youthful charm and vitality. He argued for a united Canada with equal rightsfor French- and English-speaking citizens and opposed special status for any province. The voters gave him a substantial majority over Robert Stan...
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World War I .
and troops to Europe from the United States and other overseas sources. In 1914 Britain implemented a sea blockade of Germany to prevent the delivery of importssuch as food and war materials. The same year, Germany began using submarines to disrupt Allied seaborne traffic and prevent supplies from reaching Britain. In 1915Germany instituted a submarine blockade around Britain. From February 1915 to September 1915 and again in 1917, Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare,sinking ships withou...
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Taïwan.
dragon et la fête des lanternes. ( Voir Art chinois ;Littérature chinoise ;Musique chinoise). Taïwan possède de nombreux musées et bibliothèques. Les deux plus grandes bibliothèques, situées à Taipei, sont la Bibliothèque nationale centrale, dont le fonds comprend plus de 1,7 million de volumes et la bibliothèque de Taïwan, qui possède382 000 volumes. Les principaux musées de la capitale Taipei sont le musée Hwa Kang, renommé pour ses collections folkloriques et d'art moderne, le Musée national...