canada in the first decade of the 20th century

A Different Nation

The Dominion of Canada in the first decade of the 20th century

J. Marshall 2007

Political

• Queen Victoria

• Wilfred Laurier

• King

Edward VII

1896-1911

An Un-Wild West

K Division NWMP, Yukon 1901

A Policy of Assimilation

Reserve Lands for Farming

Residential Schools

Elimination of the ability to live a traditional lifestyle

Boer War 1899-1902(South Africa)

Imperialism

Cecil Rhodes

Klondike Gold & Alaska

The Golden Staircase, Chilkoot Pass, Yukon

1910 Naval Bill: trouble for Laurier in Quebec (you can’t please all the people and if you try, you’ll please none!

HMCS RainbowHMCS Niobe

How dare they call it a tin pot navy

Racism: Asiatic Exclusion League

Vancouver, 1907

Vancouver, 1914

HMCS Rainbow: RCN’s First ship

Vancouver supporters arrive

160 ACRES FOR 10 bucks!

(If you make im

provements within three years)

The Good Ole CPR

A Class Society

Victorian homes reflected the attitudes the age; they were over-done and very decorative.

Moral Values Crept into all Facets of Society: RULES

WERE RESTRICTIVE

ESPECIALLY FOR

WOMEN!

BUILDING FOR SUCCESS

Quebec Bridge

Industry - Hewers of Wood and Drawers of

Water

Technological advances made work easier

Silver Dart, Baddeck, N.S.1909

THE WORLD GETS SMALLER as we enter

Canada’s century

ACROSS THE POND

IN UNDER SIX DAYS

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