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- Canada took a big step toward autonomy. The U.S. took a whole different path then Canada. Canada gained autonomy by taking steady steps during and after the war.
- Canada had gained a new sense of maturity because of Canada's major contibution to the war. Canada was given the right to sign the treaty of Versailled on it's own. They also joined the League of Nations as a seperate nation from Britain. They were still a Dominion with the British Empire though.
- Mackenzie was determined to push for Canadian autonomy. A series of events happened in the next few years that gave him the opportunities he needed
1922 The Chanak Affair - Chanak was a small town on the strait which linked Aegan and the Black Seas. - Turkey threatened to take control of that area.
- Britain sent battle ships and troops, they also asked Canada to help them if war broke out.
- Canadians were becoming isolationists. They didn't want to be in the war. But when Britain declared war, Canada stood beside it automatically. King made it clear that Canada must from now on make its own foreign policy. Canada and Britain had different views about it.
1923 The Halibut Treaty - Canada and the U.S. made an agreement about the fishing season for halibut. King said that only the reprentatives from Canada and the U.S. should sign the treaty because Britain used to sign it on behalf of Canada. - Canada won the right to sign treaties on its own. 1926 The King-Byng Crisis - Governor General Julian Byng said no to dissolve Parliament and call an election when King wanted it. - King accused Byng of ignoring the advice of the elected government. - King was determined to become the new governor general. 1926 The Balfour Report - King wanted to talk about the powers of the Dominions and how their relationship is with each other and Britain. - A new relationship was summarized in the Balfour Report. Canada and other Dominions became their own nations. - But they
- Canada had gained a new sense of maturity because of Canada's major contibution to the war. Canada was given the right to sign the treaty of Versailled on it's own. They also joined the League of Nations as a seperate nation from Britain. They were still a Dominion with the British Empire though.
- Mackenzie was determined to push for Canadian autonomy. A series of events happened in the next few years that gave him the opportunities he needed
1922 The Chanak Affair - Chanak was a small town on the strait which linked Aegan and the Black Seas. - Turkey threatened to take control of that area.
- Britain sent battle ships and troops, they also asked Canada to help them if war broke out.
- Canadians were becoming isolationists. They didn't want to be in the war. But when Britain declared war, Canada stood beside it automatically. King made it clear that Canada must from now on make its own foreign policy. Canada and Britain had different views about it.
1923 The Halibut Treaty - Canada and the U.S. made an agreement about the fishing season for halibut. King said that only the reprentatives from Canada and the U.S. should sign the treaty because Britain used to sign it on behalf of Canada. - Canada won the right to sign treaties on its own. 1926 The King-Byng Crisis - Governor General Julian Byng said no to dissolve Parliament and call an election when King wanted it. - King accused Byng of ignoring the advice of the elected government. - King was determined to become the new governor general. 1926 The Balfour Report - King wanted to talk about the powers of the Dominions and how their relationship is with each other and Britain. - A new relationship was summarized in the Balfour Report. Canada and other Dominions became their own nations. - But they