This website contains 12 essays on the French Revolution, including a discussion of the social causes, the Napoleonic era and legacies of the Revolution. The site also provides contemporary images and documents, maps and a timeline. (
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap1a.html
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The Canadian Encyclopedia's description of the Seven Years' War contains a timeline of events, a map and several images of the conflict. (
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=J1ARTJ0007300
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This page from The Québec History Encyclopedia presents a history of the Seven Years' War from the French perspective. In Québec , the conflict is known as The War of Conquest. (
http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/SevenYearsWar-Frenc...
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North African immigration to France over time, and the social and economic challenges immigrants faced in their new home country are described in this article. (
http://www.gmu.edu/academic/ijps/vol2_2/seljuq.htm
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This site describes construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the determination of Canada's political leaders to unite the country through a national rail link in heroic terms. (
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/customcode/Media.cfm?CFID=70816&CFTOKEN=28 512484...
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This celebration of the creation of Nunavut in 1999 examines the Inuit struggle for self-determination, Nunavut government and culture, and challenges for the future. (
http://www.nunavut.com/nunavut99/english/index.html
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This writer argues that the roots of many of Canada's traditions and institutions are British, and that Canadians should not neglect this part of their heritage. (
http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/britchar.htm
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