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Talk:World History Homework Eleven - Model (view source)
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:::::: FWIW, I did a quick Google, and found that Canada became a self-governing dominion of the British Empire in 1867. [http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca-canada] The first Canada Day, known then as Dominion Day, was celebrated on July 1st, 1867. [http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-250-e.html] However, it's not clear whether Canada had a clear-cut specific moment of independence from the British Empire, as discussed [http://www.filibustercartoons.com/dominion.htm here] and [http://www.answers.com/topic/canada-day here], and [http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/d/do/dominion.html here] or [http://www.indopedia.org/Dominion.html#Phasing-out_of_the_term_in_Canada here]. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 00:04, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::: FWIW, I did a quick Google, and found that Canada became a self-governing dominion of the British Empire in 1867. [http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca-canada] The first Canada Day, known then as Dominion Day, was celebrated on July 1st, 1867. [http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-250-e.html] However, it's not clear whether Canada had a clear-cut specific moment of independence from the British Empire, as discussed [http://www.filibustercartoons.com/dominion.htm here] and [http://www.answers.com/topic/canada-day here], and [http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/d/do/dominion.html here] or [http://www.indopedia.org/Dominion.html#Phasing-out_of_the_term_in_Canada here]. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 00:04, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
*I didn't claim that Canada, Australia or New Zealand were fully independent during the Great War. But the correct label for these entities in 1914 was ''dominion'' and not ''colony''.
*''Endless sites refer to Canada as a colony during World War I.'' You can't trust everything you find in the internet - even if it seems to be a popular choice.
*''The term "dominion" is obscure at best; Canada was a colony of Britain during WWI.'' Canadians may beg to differ: ''The name Dominion of Canada was adopted during confederation in 1867; the term "dominion" was new, and it seemed a better choice than "kingdom" (which might annoy the Americans).''<ref>[[Canada]]</ref>
:[[User:ClementB|Clement ♗]] 00:51, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
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