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Chapter2 Time line
Canada and World War I
Question | Answer |
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Franz Ferdinand, Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. | 1914 |
Germany invades Belgium and France. | 1914 |
Britain declares war on Germany; Canada is automatically at war. | 1914 |
War Measures Act is passed | 1914 |
Canadian troops exposed to poisonous gas at Yrpes, Belgium. | 1915 |
Women in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta gain the right to vote in provincial elections. | 1916 |
The Newfoundland Regiment almost destroyed as battle of the Somme begins. | 1916 |
Canadian troops capture Vimy Ridge, France. | 1917 |
Women in British Columbia and Ontario gain the right to vote in provincial elections. | 1917 |
Wartime Elections Act gives federal vote to women related to servicemen | 1917 |
Borden re-elected as head of Union Government. | 1917 |
Canadian troops succeed in muddy battles at passchendaele in Belgium. | 1917 |
Halifax is flattened by explosion of a French munitions ship in its harbour. | 1917 |
Conscription becomes mandatory | 1918 |
Armistice declared on the Western Front in Europe. | 1918 |