The Dominions

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The Dominions

• By Alex Sieke

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What is a Dominion?
A Self Governing Territory owing allegiance to
the British king or queen.
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Canada

• Three types of people French, Immigrant British,
  American Loyalists
• Brittan gained control of Quebec after victory in
  the French and Indian War.
• French peoplewere angry at theinflux of
  Britishimmigrants.

I Hate English People
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Constitutional Act of 1791

• Divided Quebec into two colonies Upper and Lower
  Canada.
• Lower Canada remained French-speaking
• Upper Canada became English
• Each colony had an law-making assembly
• Solved the diversity problem in Canada

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Canadian Self Government

• British sent Lord Durham to investigate the
  conflict in Canada
• 1867, British pass the North America Act
  establishing Canada as a dominion.
• All parts of Canada were joined into a
  confederation called the Dominion of Canada
• The Modern nation of Canada is modeled after this
  system

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Expanding Canadian Territory

• 1869, the dominion acquired the Northwest
  Territory which extended west across the Arctic
  wilderness.
• The Mounted Police was created to maintain a
  favorable relationship between the Native
  Americans and the Canadian Settlers

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Australia

• Originally a prisoners colony to relieve the
  overcrowded British jails.
• The aborigines, the indigenous people of
  Australia clashed with the Europeans
• Australia became a dominion in 1901

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New Zealand

• James Cookes expedition settled in 1790.
• Foreigners clashed with the inhabitants known as
  the Maori.
• Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 protected Maori
  rights.
• New Zealand economy based on wool exports to
  British markets
• Discovery of gold brought new settlers, increased
  tension with natives once more

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Political Struggles in France

• By Alex Sieke

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Revolt in France

• 1815, the Congress of Vienna restored the Bourbon
  monarchy under Louis XVII
• Charles X restored monarchie absolut in 1824,
  supported by ultraloyalists
• Was opposed by liberals, so Charles passed the
  July Ordinances to dissolve the assembly, and
  restrict voting rights
• Citizens revolted and following Les Trois
  Glorieuses, they forced Charles to abdicate the
  throne

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Louis Phillipe

• Louis Phillipe, won the favor of the
  middle-class, and became known as Citizen-King
• The French became disheartened with Louis because
  at heart he favored the wealthy
• The Revolution of 1848 included violent protests
  against the monarch and ending with Louis fleeing
  to Great Britain.
• French citizens proclaimed the country a republic

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The Second Empire

• New constitution created a legislative branch
  called the National Assembly
• The new system saw an overwhelming majority elect
  Louis-Napoleon president
• Louis-Napoleon portrayed himself as a reformer,
  but used his new founded power to assume the role
  of emperor
• Louis-Napoleon restricted press and civil
  liberties but created a healthy economy that saw
  a doubling of the GDP during his reign

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Crimean War

• France and Russia argued over the right to
  protect Christians in the empire of visiting the
  Holy lands.
• Angered, Russia decided to seize French ally, the
  Ottoman Empires territory in the Balkans
• Great Britain sided with France to protect Middle
  Eastern trade interests
• Treaty of Paris in 1856 ended the conflict

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End of the Empire

• Prussias growing power in the 1860s caused
  Napoleon III to declare war
• The Prussians dominated a French Army that was
  slow to mobilize and captured Napoleon III after
  only 6 weeks
• The subsequent collapse of the Empire saw the
  creation of a New Assembly
• The Assembly seeded the provinces of Alsace and
  Lorraine to Prussia and paid 5 billion francs

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The Commune of Paris

• During the revolt, workers established a
  Socialist government known as the Commune of
  Paris.
• A civil war broke out between the Commune and the
  Assembly.
• The conflict saw over 20,000 deaths, and set
  political development back years

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The Third Republic

• New Constitution created a bicameral legislature
  and a governing body in the form of a cabinet of
  ministers

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Threats to the Republic

• General Georges Boulanger launched a campaign to
  overthrow the legislature and won support from
  royalists
• The government quelled the uprising and Boulanger
  fled to Belgium
• The Panama Company collapsed causing a financial
  crisis in France
• The result was the election of 50 socialists to
  the national legislature, and increased
  regulation on international finance

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The Dreyfus Affair

• Alfred Dreyfuss, convicted of selling military
  secrets to the Germans was banished to Devils
  Island
• Later it was discovered that documents had been
  forged and Dreyfuss was actually innocent
• A presidential pardon released Dreyfuss, but the
  affair caused a division among citizen who
  distrusted the government.
• The resolution of this problem proved the
  government was capable of overcoming adversity