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Followed by English attacks on French settlements in the Bay of Fundy in 1654; Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) Dutch Republic Kingdom of England. Newfoundland Colony; Status quo ante bellum. Dutch capture of St. John's in 1665 led by Michiel de Ruyter; St. John's retaken by English; Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674) Dutch Republic ...
The English-French conflict intertwined with an ongoing conflict between the English and maritime Algonquians. The maritime Algonquians attacked several English settlements in retaliation for English encroachment on their territory shortly before the English-French conflict.
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During the world wars and interwar period, 1914–1947, Canada experienced economic gain, more freedom for women, and new technological advancements. There were severe political tensions over issues of war and ethnicity, and heavy military casualties.
Since the time of Lord Durham's Report on the Rebellions, the Lower Canada Rebellion has been attributed to tensions between the British and the French, that the conflict was "'racial' and, as a consequence, it was sharper than–indeed fundamentally different from—the milder strife that disturbed 'English' Upper Canada."
The Whisky War, also known as the Liquor Wars, [1] was a bloodless war and border dispute between the Kingdom of Denmark and Canada over Hans Island.Between 1973 and 2022, the island was under dispute between the two nations, although never amounting to direct conflict or violence.
So many Loyalists arrived on the shores of the St. John River that a separate colony—New Brunswick—was created in 1784; [102] followed in 1791 by the division of Quebec into the largely French-speaking Lower Canada (French Canada) along the St. Lawrence River and the Gaspé Peninsula and an anglophone Loyalist Upper Canada, with its capital ...
Canada is noted for having a positive relationship with the Netherlands, owing, in part, to its contribution to the Dutch liberation during World War II. [22] Canada has diplomatic and consular offices in over 270 locations in approximately 180 foreign countries. [1] Canada is a member of various international organizations and forums. [23]