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Canada

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Contents

Canada: Another North American Society
- Origins
  - Loyalism
- Creation of the Canadian State
- Canadian Society
- Canadian Regions

Canada: Another North American Society

Origins
- Edward Haies: Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland, 1583 [At this Site]
- Samuel de Champlain (c.1567-1635): Voyages, excerpts, 1604 [At American Revolution]
- Samuel de Champlain (c.1567-1635):: The Foundation of Quebec, 1608 [At this Site]
- Memoir for the Marquis de Seignelay Regarding the Dangers That Threaten Canada and the Means to Remedy Them, January 1687 [At American Revolution]
- George III (b.1738-r.1760-1820): The Royal Proclamation, October 7, 1763 [At Solon]
- Loyalism
  - James Chalmers (Candidus) (1727-1806): The Plain Truth, March 1776 [At Archive.org]
    A Loyalist answer to Common Sense
- WEB War of 1812 and Associated Documents [At Yale]
  The failed effort to grab Canada.
- Treaty of Ghent, 1814 [At Yale]
  Ending the 1812 War.
Creation of the Canadian State
- Canada: The Constitution Act, 1867 (The British North America Act), [At Solon Law Archive]
- Statute of Westminster, 1931 [At this Site]
  The act by which the British Parliament assented to the independence, within the British Commonwealth, of what were called the "White Dominions".
Canadian Society
- Benjamin Drew: The Refugee: Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada [At American Revolution]
- Ralph Centennius: The Dominion in 1983, written in 1883. [At Gaslight]
- Private Donald Fraser: War Diary, September 1915 [At this Site]
  Fraser, a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, recounts his experiences on the battle field.
Canadian Regions
- WEB Religion, Society and Culture in Newfoundland and Labrador [At Memorial U.]
  An enormous archive of material on both religion and secular culture.

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