A Brief History Anguilla - Deal Locator's World of Travel

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The Kingdom of Belgium

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A Brief History:

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Origins of Canadian State

[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 1″ extra_class=””]This part of Europe, together with the Netherlands to the north, was for many centuries part of the domain of the Habsburgs, a family dynasty that, over many centuries, provided monarchs to Spain, Austria, Bohemia (Czech Republic today) and the Holy Roman Empire. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 2″ extra_class=””] By the end of the 16th century the Dutch in the northern Netherlands had started their insurrection that would lead to their eventual independence in 1648. However the Southern Netherlands (modern day Belgium) remained under Hapsburg control (other than a short interlude of French control under Louis XIV) until the Napoleonic Wars when it rejoined with the Northern Netherlands to form the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 3″ extra_class=””] But as a consequence of the Belgium Revolution in 1830, the Netherlands split largely on religious grounds (Protestants in the north, Catholics in the south) and the country of Belgium was formed with the Treaty of London where Britain became a guarantor of Belgium’s existence. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 2″ extra_class=””] The name Canada, is thought to come from the native St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning “village” or “settlement”. This word was used in 1535 by French explorer Jacques Cartier about an area along the St Lawrence. By 1545, European books and maps had begun describing this French-controlled region as Canada. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 3 heading” extra_class=””]

British Colonies

[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 3″ extra_class=””] After General Wolfe’s defeat of the French in 1771, two areas (both of which were now British controlled colonies) called Upper Canada (later Ontario) and Lower Canada (later Quebec) were established in 1792 and collectively called The Canadas. In 1841 they were unified as the British Province of Canada. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 4″ extra_class=””]The Canadas were the main front in the 1812-1814 War (read how this affected the British Army at the Battle of Waterloo) between the United States and Britain. Peace came in 1815 with no boundaries being changed. Immigration now resumed at a higher level, with over 960,000 arrivals from Britain between 1815 and 1850.[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 5″ extra_class=””]In July 1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined to form the semi-autonomous Dominion of Canada. Further provinces and territories were subsequently added to create the present ten provinces and three territories forming Canada today.[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 6 heading” extra_class=””]

20th Century

[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 6″ extra_class=””] In 1914, because Britain still maintained control of Canada’s foreign affairs, Britain’s declaration of war automatically brought Canada into World War I. However, in 1931, Canada achieved near total independence from the UK so in 1939 King George VI, on the advice of the Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and to underscore Canada’s independence, declared war on behalf of Canada on the 10th September, seven days after the UK. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 7″ extra_class=””] In a referendum in 1949, Newfoundland voted to join Canada as a province. It had previously, as a result of the financial crisis and great depression in 1934, relinquished its position as a Dominion and reverted to being a British-ruled Crown Colony. [/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 8″ extra_class=””]The 1960s saw the emergence of a new Canadian identity which was marked by the adoption of the current Maple Leaf National Flag in 1965. Full sovereignty was attained when the British Parliament passed the Canada Act in 1982 removing the last ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 9 heading” extra_class=””]

Canada Today

[/pt_text][pt_text element_name=”History Text 9″ extra_class=””]Canada is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. The country is officially bilingual and ethnically diverse. As a developed country, Canada’s advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. It’s long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture.[/pt_text][/pt_column][/pt_row][/pt_section][pt_section element_name=”Section” width=”boxed” bg_color=”” bg_image=”” padding=”10px,0px,10px,0px” margin=”,,,” extra_class=””][pt_row element_name=”Row”][pt_column width=”1/1″][pt_text element_name=”Other Information” extra_class=””]

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