Canada during the Laurier EraA Quick Review of Socials 10!

Sir Wilfred Laurier1841-1919

The Laurier Boom!

Yukon Gold!

Wonders of the Laurier Era

A new prime ministerRobert Borden

And the world is about to enter into its first major war

Causes of WWI

#1 - NATIONALISM

#2 -IMPERIALISM grew

#3 - MILITARISM grew

Road to war

Over the years alliances had formed

The Triple AllianceGermanyAustria-HungaryItalyWhich one is which?

The Triple EntenteFranceRussiaGreat Britain

National self-determinationSerbian terrorist groups opposed Austria-Hungarys annexation of their country.

Russia mobilizes, allied with SerbiaRussian Tsar Nicholas II

Germany allied with Austria-HungaryGermanys Otto Von Bismarck

Germany declared war on France- August 1Germany invaded Belgium- August 4, 1914

Britain declared war on Germany, August 4, 1914British PM Lloyd George

The Great War had begun.

The fifteen years of Laurier's government were marked with growth and prosperity.

Immigration expanded, especially in the West, leading to the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905

Such growth required expansion of the railways and two new continental lines were built.

New technologies in shipping allowed Canadian goods to be sold worldwide!The Prairies becomes the Breadbasket of the worldfree land ends in the US, and both Americans and Europeans are drawn to Canadas prairies

Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908. By 1927, 15 million Model Ts had been manufactured1903, Orville Wright makes the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk

The telephone evolvesAs demographics change, racism increases. Chinese immigrants are forced to pay a head tax to enter the country

The race to acquire new territories AND their resources was fiercely competitiveNational self-determination Serbian terrorist groups opposed Austria-Hungarys annexation of their country.Archduke (and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary) Franz Ferdinand visited the new addition to his empire.A nationalist group called the Black Hand set up an assassination attempt on Ferdinand and his wife.Gavrilo Princip shot the couple, June 28, 1914Austria-Hungary, receiving a blank cheque from Germany, declared war on Serbia July 28, 1914Russia mobilizes, allied with Serbia