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Compare And Contrast The Canada And The Second Boer War

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Canada and the Second Boer War

Introduction:
The Second Boer War was a hard fought battle between the British and the Boers, descendants of Dutch immigrants who had settled in Africa. Though the Boers weren’t expected to survive against the greatest power in the world, pro-empire Canadian citizens still urge the Canadian government to participate to show loyalty towards Great Britain. The complex origins of the war was a combination of over a 100 years worth of conflict and fighting over control over wealth. The result of the war showed that superpowers such as Great Britain could be defeated but for the Canadians, it showed that Canada was not simply a colony but an international power. Canada’s involvement in the war would push it towards

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