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In the early years of the United States, many American political figures were in favour of invading and annexing Canada, and even pre-approved the admission of the Province of Quebec (previously known as Canada) to the U.S. in the Articles of Confederation in 1777. During the American Revolutionary War, the Americans invaded the Saint Lawrence ...
Newfoundland and Canada. The Newfoundland referendums of 1948 were a series of two referendums to decide the political future of the Dominion of Newfoundland.Before the referendums, Newfoundland was in debt and went through several delegations to determine whether the country would join Canada ("confederation"), remain under British rule or regain independence.
In the 1979 Canadian federal election, the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical federal political party, included annexation of the United States as part of its platform. [56] It proposed for the United States become the third territory of Canada.
Confederation. Canada is a federation, [4] rather than a confederate association of sovereign states, which is what confederation means in contemporary political theory. The country, though, is often considered to be among the world's more decentralized federations. [5] Use of the term confederation arose in the Province of Canada to refer to ...
Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden (1911-1920), a supporter of Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands. In the U.K's moves towards providing responsible self-governance in the West Indies in compliance with the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories the Turks and Caicos operated as a dependency of Jamaica since 1873 with the aim of consolidating governance in the ...
1911 Canadian federal election. The 1911 Canadian federal election was held on September 21, 1911, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 12th Parliament of Canada. The central issue was Liberal support for a proposed agreement with the United States president William Howard Taft to lower tariffs.
Secessionist movements. Results of the 1995 Quebec independence referendum. 49.42% voted in favour of independence. Alberta [1] Proposed state: Alberta or part as Western Canada. Political party: Maverick Party, Wildrose Independence Party, Independence Party of Alberta. British Columbia together with the Pacific Northwestern US (United States ...
Canada–United States relations. Canada's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its history, economy, and culture. [ 1 ] The two countries consider themselves among the "closest [of] allies". [ 2 ] They share the longest border (8,891 km (5,525 mi)) between any two nations in the world, [ 3 ] and ...