168 résultats pour "provinciale"
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Manitoba - Geography.
E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...
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Manitoba - Canadian History.
E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...
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Brian Mulroney.
At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...
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Brian Mulroney - Canadian History.
At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...
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Austria - country.
Wildlife is generally scarce in Austria. Chamois, deer, and marmot are still present; bear, which were once abundant, are now almost completely absent. Hunting isstrictly regulated to protect the remaining species. F Environmental Issues Industrial emissions, a high volume of tourist traffic, and significant air pollution from other countries—principally the former East Germany, Slovakia, and the CzechRepublic—combine to make acid rain the major environmental problem in Austria. One-quarter of...
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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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John Diefenbaker.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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John Diefenbaker - Canadian History.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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Sir Charles Tupper.
campaign, Macdonald asked him to become minister of finance. He was then sent to Washington, D.C., as leader of the Canadian delegation to settle a fisheries disputewith the United States. A treaty was worked out and signed, but the U.S. Senate refused to ratify it. Tupper had already become a Knight Commander of St. Michaeland St. George in 1879, and he received the Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George in 1886. For his services in Washington he was given the hereditary titleof baron...
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Sir Charles Tupper - Canadian History.
campaign, Macdonald asked him to become minister of finance. He was then sent to Washington, D.C., as leader of the Canadian delegation to settle a fisheries disputewith the United States. A treaty was worked out and signed, but the U.S. Senate refused to ratify it. Tupper had already become a Knight Commander of St. Michaeland St. George in 1879, and he received the Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George in 1886. For his services in Washington he was given the hereditary titleof baron...
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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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La Curée
de battre de ses gros souliers de provincial ce pavé brûlant d'où il comptait faire jaillir des millions.
\24 Oh! je sais que tu es intelligent, poursuivit Eugène, et que tu ne commettrais plus une sottise improductive... Dès qu'une bonne occasion se présentera, je te caserai. Si d'ici là tu avais besoin d'une pièce de vingt francs, viens me la demander. Ils causèrent un instant de l'insurrection du Midi, dans laquelle leur père avait gagné sa recette particulière. Eugène s'habillait tout en causant. Dans la rue, au moment de le quitter, il retint son frère un instant encore, il lui dit à voi...
- Où l'histoire permet-elle au plus ingrat des hommes d'en ignorer la source, et de la méconnaître dans la propagation de la morale évangélique? Augustin Barruel, les Helviennes, ou Lettres provinciales philosophiques
- La roche qui maîtrise la tempête ou domine un océan tranquille ne sera point le jouet de ses ondes mobiles et des vents orageux. Augustin Barruel, les Helviennes, ou Lettres provinciales philosophiques
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Victoria (city, British Columbia) - Geography.
routes, and good agricultural land. These advantages were publicized by Sir James Douglas, the chief factor (administrative head) of the company’s Pacific Coastoperations, who founded the fort. They were in turn recognized by the British Colonial Office, which made Victoria the capital of the colony of Vancouver’s Island (the oldname for Vancouver Island) in 1849. The community’s growing commercial importance during the Fraser River and Cariboo gold rushes of the 1850s led to itsincorporation in...
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Richard Bennett.
that had existed since 1920. He used able people from various government departments to write legislation, to negotiate trade agreements, and to act as economicadvisers. He also built up the political and secret work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A Tariff Policy Bennett's tariff policy combined protection for Canadian farmers and manufacturers and special treatment for nations that were members of the British Commonwealth.In 1932, at a Commonwealth economic conference, a series of agree...
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Richard Bennett - Canadian History.
that had existed since 1920. He used able people from various government departments to write legislation, to negotiate trade agreements, and to act as economicadvisers. He also built up the political and secret work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A Tariff Policy Bennett's tariff policy combined protection for Canadian farmers and manufacturers and special treatment for nations that were members of the British Commonwealth.In 1932, at a Commonwealth economic conference, a series of agree...
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Québec (city) - Geography.
rotates between the mayors of small, medium, and core municipalities. The QUC is responsible for zoning, regional development, property valuation, waste disposal, andtourism promotion. City planning and public transit are handled in collaboration with the municipalities. Other municipal functions such as public works, libraries, water,parks, fire and police services, street repair, and traffic control are left to the municipalities. VII CONTEMPORARY ISSUES In recent years the St. Lawrence Rive...
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Zazie Dans Le Métro
tandis qu'elle lui parle de son intérêt pour Charles, dont elle regrette seulement qu'il soit «trop romantique». Puis, alors queGridoux est seul, «le type» vient lui acheter un lacet ; mais le cordonnier le lui refuse et lui demande : «Flic ou satyre». L'autreassène : «Le tonton est une tata», mais, «solennellement», Gridoux affirme le contraire, tout en révélant que «Gabriel danse dansune boîte de pédales déguisé en Sévillane» et ‘'LaMort du cygne'’ «comme à l'Opéra». «Le type» prétend n'avoir...
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Toronto - geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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Toronto - Geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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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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Roman Empire - history.
the master of Rome. Three years later the Senate proclaimed him Augustus, the supreme ruler. III THE EMPIRE UNDER AUGUSTUS Roman Emperor AugustusAugustus, the first Roman emperor, brought peace, order, and prosperity to Rome after the civil wars that followed the assassinationof Roman leader Julius Caesar. Caesar had adopted the young Octavian, later known as Augustus, as his heir. After a victory overMark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, Augustus had absolute power over the entire Roman Empire....
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La Bataille o Claude
1911 Étu d es • J a cq ue s R iv iè re 1911 La G ue rre d u f e u • J . H . R osn y 1911 Mort d e q ue lq u’u n. – P uis sa nce s d e P aris • J u le s Rom ain s 1911 Aim é P ache , p e in tre v a ud ois • R am uz 1911 pre m iè re p a rtie d u Voya ge d u C ond ottie re • A nd ré Sua rè s 1911 La M aît re sse s e rv a nte • J é rô m e e t J e an T ha ra ud 1911 Élo ge s • S ain t-J o hn P ers e 1912 1912 L’H abit v e rt • D e F le rs e t C ailla ve t 1912 Les d ie u...
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Élégante et raffinée, battue par le flux de millions de touristes, provinciale à ses heures
dans ses fonctions de métropole toscane, Florence est une ville exceptionnelle par la
richesse de son héritage historique.
Italie - l'Arno et le Ponte Vecchio, à Florence, page 2618, volume 5 Un illustre foyer de civilisation Jusqu'au XII e siècle, Florence occupa une place modeste dans l'histoire italienne. Municipe romain et siège d'une colonie de vétérans au I er siècle avant J.-C., elle passa successivement sous l'influence des Goths, des Byzantins puis des Lombards, avant d'être comprise dans le marquisat de Toscane et, par celui-ci, dans le royaume d'Italie et le Saint Empire romain germanique. Bénéfici...
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ROBESPIERRE
Maximilien Marie Isidore de
(1758-28 juillet 1794)
Homme politique
C'est chez les oratoriens à Arras que ce jeune homme issu de la petite
noblesse provinciale commence ses études.
immunité à se révolter. Le 9 thermidor, la Convention tient tête à Robespierre et à Saint-Just qui sont arrêtés. Le lendemain, 28 juillet 1794, avec son frère, avec Couthon, avec Saint-Just, avec près de vingt de ses amis encore, Robespierre est guillotiné place de la Révolution. A cette époque vivaient : BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754-1793) Journaliste et homme politique, il est député à l'Assemblée législative et à la Convention. Il devient ensuite un des chefs Girondins. Il...
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ROBESPIERRE
Maximilien Marie Isidore de
(1758-28 juillet 1794)
Homme politique
C'est chez les oratoriens à Arras que ce jeune homme issu de la petite noblesse provinciale commence ses études.
immunité à se révolter. Le 9 thermidor, la Convention tient tête à Robespierre et à Saint-Just qui sont arrêtés. Le lendemain, 28 juillet 1794, avec son frère, avec Couthon, avec Saint-Just, avec près de vingt de ses amis encore, Robespierre est guillotiné place de la Révolution. A cette époque vivaient : BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754-1793) Journaliste et homme politique, il est député à l'Assemblée législative et à la Convention. Il devient ensuite un des chefs Girondins. Il...
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ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien Marie Isidore de
(6 mai 1758-28 juillet 1794)
Homme politique
C'est chez les Oratoriens à Arras que ce jeune homme issu de la petite noblesse provinciale commence ses études.
Robespierre et à Saint-Just qui sont arrêtés. Le lendemain, 28 juillet 1794 , avec son frère, avec Couthon , avec Saint-Just , avec près de vingt de ses amis encore, Robespierre est guillotiné place de la Révolution.
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ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien Marie Isidore de
(6 mai 1758-28 juillet 1794)
Homme politique
C'est chez les Oratoriens à Arras que ce jeune homme issu de la petite
noblesse provinciale commence ses études.
Robespierre et à Saint-Just qui sont arrêtés. Le lendemain, 28 juillet 1794 , avec son frère, avec Couthon , avec Saint-Just , avec près de vingt de ses amis encore, Robespierre est guillotiné place de la Révolution.
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ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien Marie Isidore de
(6 mai 1758-28 juillet 1794)
Homme politique
C'est chez les Oratoriens à Arras que ce jeune homme issu de la petite
noblesse provinciale commence ses études.
Robespierre et à Saint-Just qui sont arrêtés. Le lendemain, 28 juillet 1794 , avec son frère, avec Couthon , avec Saint-Just , avec près de vingt de ses amis encore, Robespierre est guillotiné place de la Révolution.
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Mikhaïl Gorbatchev
par Loly Clerc
Mikhaïl Gorbatchev a deux carrières : l'apparatchik provincial brillant dont
la course jusqu'au pouvoir représente un sans faute, puis le héros
malheureux qui en voulant réformer le système communiste l'a fait
exploser poussant son pays à la ruine.
par Loly Clerc
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Histoire du Dauphiné
UN ENDETTEMENT EXCESSIF • Humbert Il, qui mène un train de vie fastueux dans son chateau de Beauvoir en-Royans, se trouve dans l'Impossibilité de faire face aux nombreux emprunts qu'il a dû contracter. Aussi, le Dauphin décide-t-il de céder ses possessions au plus offrant. Après avoir approché le roi Robert de Sicile et le pape Benoit Xli -tous deux se récusent. trouvant exorbitantes les prétentions du Dauphin -, Humbert Il se tourne vers le roi de F...
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Québec - Geography.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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Québec - Canadian History.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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British Columbia - Geography.
hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and various cedars, grows rapidly in the mild, wet climate and produces the largest trees in Canada. In the dry lowlands of thesouthern and central interior, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, aspen, and bunchgrass are characteristic. Spruce dominates the Prince George region. Prairie grasses andstands of aspen are found in the northeastern corner of the province. At elevations higher than about 1,800 m (about 6,000 ft), an alpine vegetation of shrubs, mosses,and...
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British Columbia - Canadian History.
hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and various cedars, grows rapidly in the mild, wet climate and produces the largest trees in Canada. In the dry lowlands of thesouthern and central interior, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, aspen, and bunchgrass are characteristic. Spruce dominates the Prince George region. Prairie grasses andstands of aspen are found in the northeastern corner of the province. At elevations higher than about 1,800 m (about 6,000 ft), an alpine vegetation of shrubs, mosses,and...
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Winnipeg - Geography.
about to become a territory of the Dominion of Canada, the Métis seized Upper Fort Garry because Canadian expansion was a threat to their own territorial claims andto their unique way of life. This began the Red River Rebellion, which ended with Canada’s 1870 agreement to make Manitoba a self-governing province. Winnipeg wasmade the provincial capital. The young city came into its own after 1885, when the Canadian Pacific Railway was extended to the Pacific Coast, but it did not really boom unti...
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Nova Scotia - Geography.
summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...
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Nova Scotia - Canadian History.
summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...
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Alberta - Geography.
C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...
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Alberta - Canadian History.
C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...
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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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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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W. L. Mackenzie King.
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INTRODUCTION
W. L. Mackenzie King (1874-1950), tenth prime
V SECOND TERM AS PRIME MINISTER By the election of 1925 most of the rifts in the Liberal Party were healed. Little had been achieved by King's government except for some tariff reduction and thereorganization of Canadian railroads, but no mistakes had been made. The real issue of the election was the personalities of the party leaders, King and the brilliant butarrogant Conservative, Arthur Meighen. The Conservatives swept English-speaking Canada, and they won 116 seats. The Liberals won 101, a...
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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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Prince Edward Island - Geography.
hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...