How Did Ww1 Affect Canada

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Before ww1 Canada had close ties with Britain, anything Britain said Canada would do to but even though ww1 brought many challenges to Canada, it also brought national independence. Canada’s military contribution established her independents identity. Ww1 contributed to Canada’s contributed to Canada’s independence. Canada’s home front contribution, created a cohesive national identity. While it is true that “with the passing of the British North America Act in 1867, Canada became a Dominion in the British Commonwealth and John A Macdonald became Canada's first prime minister ”.( 1867 - 1931: Becoming a Nation.) This doesn’t mean Canada became fully independent. However, even though ww1 affected Canada terribly, because of it Canada was able …show more content…
Canada’s political system majorly affected Canada. Before ww1 Canada had major ties with Britain, everything Britain did was influenced on to Canada especially the war, the reason Canada fought in the war was because of Britain. Robert Borden also played a big role in the freedom of Canada, Robert Borden was the prime minister at the time of ww1, Robert Borden was a conservative and wanted Canada to have an independent seat when it came to signing the treaty of Versailles. Some things about the treaty of Versailles are “The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 28, 1919, five years after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife.” (The treaty of Versailles). While the Treaty of Versailles was indented under the British Empire Canada did lose most of her ties with Britain, and gained its own seat in the League of Nations. While it is true Canada did have some ties with Britain, the signing of the treaty of Versailles was important to Canada because its “significant to Canadian Identity because it shows that Canada wanted to be recognized for their actions in the War and that Canadians would not go to the event without representing itself” (The treaty of Versailles). Canada was rewarded of her war efforts and that was independence from …show more content…
The last thing that helped with Canada’s independence is the home front. The majority of the people at the home front were women because men were forced to leave because of conscription. Before the war women did not have much rights.” Many women outside the working class did not work because they were supposed to be the motherly figure and take care of the family.”( Women's Rights Before, During, and after WWI in Canada) and for many years women were treated like this, but ww1 changed that the first thing women took advantage of is the ability to work. Women often worked in factories producing weaponry or sowing to produce clothing for the men at war. Because women were able to develop into this new working condition Canada was able to successfully achieve the ability to move forward as a country in the war. Because men were gone for such a long time women developed freedom, for example women stop wearing dresses and started wearing casual clothes like overalls. Wartime Election Act allowed opportunity and social change for women; Robert Borden instituted the Wartime Election Act to give women the vote, this changed their attitude drastically. Another major thing that changed the role of women was the Alberta five, the Alberta five consisted of five women and they were Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby. while these women accomplished a lot on their