1867

History was marked on July 1st, 1867 now known as Canada Day, when the British North American Act was passed. This act allowed for Canada to be officially established as a self-governing entity under the British Empire. This was a momentous time for Canada as we were given more control, more opportunities, and we were allowed to reach new heights. This all setup Canada to become a great country, but something at the time was still missing. We were a country, but at the same time not a…

The nineteenth century brought about reforms and changes in Parliament. Parliament was not formed overnight. It took hundreds of years of trial and error before Great Britain established the parliament they have today. Many different events played their part in forming the country and shaping parliament. None had as much effect as the events of the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century, or the Victorian age, was a time where change and parliament reform happened. Many acts and legislation…

During the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War, Radical Republicans dominated the American political sphere. Radical Republicans occupied the majority of seats in Congress, the presidency, and even state legislatures throughout the former Confederate states excluding Tennessee. With almost unchecked power in their grasps, the Radical Republicans strove to completely reconstruct the South by eliminating the differences between the South and the North. However, the Radical Republican…

Canadian Women & the Struggle for Equality Lorna R. Marsden’s Canadian Women & the Struggle for Equality: The Road to Gender Equality since 1867 is one that documents the journey of women in Canada almost 150 years ago and the key moments in their journey towards equality. Marsden draws extensively from numerous historical documents that chronicle the path towards equality and also shows the struggles women have faced since the time of confederation and the challenges women in Canada still face…

Dinesh D’Souza’s Hillary’s America is an information book that candidly demonstrates the sordid history of the Democratic Party and how the Democratic nominee for the Presidential Election of 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton, personifies that history. Instead of writing in a manner which disguises the truth, the author provides the facts of the situation without aggrandizement. The originator of the Democratic party was Andrew Jackson, who later became President himself. On various occasions,…

the pressure of financial obligation would have induced him to return to the stage" (Odell 8:20). Fortunately, the audience was friendly and did not hold him responsible for his brother's actions. After the Winter Garden burned to the ground in March 1867, Booth began building what came to be known as "Booth's Theatre" in New York City. In 1869 he was married for the second time to Mary McVicker, another actress. She quit performing after their marriage and slowly went insane before finally…

Canadian identity, when clarifying its development in women’s issues, it had changed positively during the 1930s to 1940s once Canadian women were legally allowed to join military services. Since the start of Canada in 1867 gender segregation was clear, women were not given the attention they deserved, they were often the underdogs in many situations. They were not given certain jobs due to the fact they were women. Plenty of women being given the stereotype of being unable to do the “mens jobs”…

Christmas Eve of 1809, Kit Carson was born in Kentucky. At the age of nine, his father died and he helped his mother with some of the younger children in his family of ten. At the age fourteen he began to apprentice for a saddle maker, because this was a job he was qualified for since he never learned to read. After his apprentice-ship that lasted about three years, he ran away to join a trading caravan on their way to Santa Fe. Once in Santa Fe Kit learned enough Spanish to serve as a Spanish…

Imperialism is the domination of one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region. In the movie Anna and the King, we see many examples of imperialism in Southeast Asia. From the achieved freedom of a slave to the surprisingly difficult task of using cutlery, we see how the European culture has affected Siam. However, the most notable of these changes don’t occur during the time we spent with Anna, but after. Anna’s teaching and the revolution that occurred…

Davis life was empty after the war. Jefferson Davis was charged with Treason again and imprisoned in Fort Monroe, Virginia for 2 years. When he was finally released in May 1867 he felt so different. He was bailed out by an abolitionist named Horace Greeley. When he was done with prison it was hard for him to get back on track so he started working for an insurance company but the company went bankrupt. Jefferson was offered…