History 106

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History 106

• Canada--An Unmilitary People?

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• Consider the following . . .

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New France 1608-1759

• A Society Defined by Military Conflict
• Samuel de Champlain vs. the Iroquois
• A Society almost defeated by Iroquois raids

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New France 1660Dollard Des Ormeaux and the
Defence of Long Sault
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Benjamin West, The Death of Wolfe
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British North America

• Will it survive against the Rebellious Americans?
• Invaded in 1774
• A Refugee Crisis created Upper Canada and New
  Brunswick

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The Americans Invade Again

• A Defining Moment for Upper Canada
• Isaac Brock
• Laura Secord
• Tecumseh

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The Death of Isaac Brock, Queenston, 1812
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The Fenian Raids A Skeptics View
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War and Canada

• War has defined Canadians
• (Perhaps overly so)
• It has also divided us

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The Twentieth Century

• How Much Do we Know About Canadian Military
  History?
• The Battle of Paardeberg
• April 1917
• November 1917
• 11 November 1918

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Significance

• 10 September 1939
• 25 November 1941
• 19 August 1942
• 6 June 1944

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Significance

• June 1950
• November 1956
• Summer 1960
• 1 January 1968

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Significance

• June 1992
• March 1993
• September 1993
• April 1994