Year 11 Historical Investigation: The Age of Imperialism

BBC timeline of key events in Canada's history

From the Canadian Encyclopedia: Support for the British Empire and imperialism was strong in much of Canada in the decades after Confederation. But gradually, imperialist loyalties declined and Canadians demanded and won full autonomy within the empire.

IMPERIALISM IN CANADA.
Address by Mr. W. Wilfred Campbell, F.R.S.C., of Ottawa, on Thursday, November 23rd, 1904.

This paper examines the multiple oppressions faced by Aboriginal women as a result of Canada's sexist and racist colonial past.

How did British colonial rule change
during this period, and what was its
impact on life in North America?How did the fur trade, European
settlement, and the rise of the Métis
nation transform life for the peoples of
the Northwest?Why and how was the Dominion of
Canada established as a confederation
of British colonies in 1867?