Who Is Wilfred Laurier The Compromiser?

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Wilfred Laurier (Laurier the compromiser) * 1904 – “The 19th century was the century of the US. The 20th century shall be the century of CA” British Imperialism – 1900 * British Empire wanting to take over * “painting Africa red” putting flag in Africa, taking over Boer War – 1899-1902 * Dutch East India Company sent farmers (Boers) to South Africa in 1652 * The war in South Africa was a contest between British Imperialism and Boer nationalism * 1795 – British arrived * Boers lived in peace until British arrived, Boers live on the coast * 1836 – Boers go inland to gain freedom and form republics: Orange Free State and Transvaal. * Now British have the coast * 1886 – British discover gold + diamonds…show more content…
Britain does 1898 – Alaskan Boundary Dispute * 1901 US president Roosevelt: “walking quietly, Big stick”…show more content…
Building empires: Britain, Germany * Nationalism: deep patriotism and loyalty to the home country. Need to “sell” the idea of war to convince people * Militarism: the policy of building up military forces and weapons and threatening armed aggression. “Britain ruled the waves”, but Germany now has the most sophisticated army/navy/military in Europe. Britain has more ships than Germans. End of the empire * Much of eastern Europe was dominated by 3 weak and crumbling empires: -Russia -Ottoman - Austria-Hungary * Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary * Franz Ferdinand: heir to throne after Joseph * Czar Nicholas II: takes over Russia, tries to maintain a country that is on the verge of a
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