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Talk:World History Homework Eleven - Model (view source)
Revision as of 01:48, April 28, 2009
, 01:48, April 28, 2009→Canada a colony during WWI?: reply
::::TK, I think you may not have understood your own quote. The quote does not draw the distinction that you appear to suggest, between British controlled colonies and independent dominions. Dominions may or may not be independent. Your quote merely says that by 1931 the dominions had become autonomous communities. That is not why they were called dominions. Canada had used the dominion title [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion#Canada_and_Confederation since 1867] without gaining any extra autonomy or new powers with the title change. I suspect that might have been what Clement was talking about (aboot?). I think that Andy may have made the same mistake, equating the dominion title with independence. I believe that the process is slightly more subtle than that with dominion standing somewhere in between colony and independence. --[[User:EdmundB|EdmundB]] 20:53, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::::TK, I think you may not have understood your own quote. The quote does not draw the distinction that you appear to suggest, between British controlled colonies and independent dominions. Dominions may or may not be independent. Your quote merely says that by 1931 the dominions had become autonomous communities. That is not why they were called dominions. Canada had used the dominion title [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion#Canada_and_Confederation since 1867] without gaining any extra autonomy or new powers with the title change. I suspect that might have been what Clement was talking about (aboot?). I think that Andy may have made the same mistake, equating the dominion title with independence. I believe that the process is slightly more subtle than that with dominion standing somewhere in between colony and independence. --[[User:EdmundB|EdmundB]] 20:53, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::::: Edmund, do a search on Google on: Canada colony "World War I". Endless sites refer to Canada as a colony during World War I. The term "dominion" is obscure at best; Canada was a colony of Britain during WWI. Yet Clement suggested that this was a mistake in my teaching. Someone who insists that someone else is wrong should at least have his facts right, don't you think?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:48, 27 April 2009 (EDT)