Canada

North American country · 1867–present · North America, north of United States
Canada is a North American country formed in 1867, led by Prime Ministers including John A. Macdonald, Mackenzie King, and Pierre Trudeau.
The kit
- Formation & governance — Canada's first Prime Minister was John A. Macdonald, involved in the Pacific Scandal regarding railroad terminus in British Columbia.
- Indigenous conflicts — Canada faced the Red River Rebellion led by Métis Louis Riel, who established a provisional government over Hudson's Bay Company land.
- World War One — Canada's Expeditionary Force captured Vimy Ridge under Julian Byng, while Robert Borden's conscription caused the 1917 crisis opposed by Henri Bourassa.
- Modern crises — Canada experienced Pierre Trudeau's October Crisis response and multiple Quebec independence referendums during the Quiet Revolution era.
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The ladder · 15 clues
During the Conscription Crisis of 1917, Henri Bourassa led an opposition group in this country.
A prime minister of this country won a Nobel Prize for resolving the Suez Crisis.
This country’s longest serving Prime Minister was Mackenzie King. :Name this North American country whose current Prime Minister is Stephen Harper.
During a war in which its troops captured Vimy Ridge, a conscription crisis was prompted by Robert Borden’s introduction of mandatory military service in this country.
The Avro Arrow was a planned supersonic fighter jet for this country’s air force.
A simulated invasion of this country called “If Day” was organized in order to sell war bonds.
Confederate sympathizers from this nation led by Vernon Guyon Locke captured and commandeered a Union steamer in the Chesapeake Affair.
In this country, the Métis Louis Riel established a provisional government in the Red River Rebellion.
A leader of this country responded “Just watch me” when asked how far he was willing to go to end the October Crisis.
The death of Alexis Helmer inspired John McCrae, a soldier from this country, to write the poem D“In Flanders Fields.” Four divisions of this country’s Expeditionary Force under Julian Byng defeated the German 6th Army in World War One’s Battle of Vimy Ridge during this nation’s “Hundred Days.” name this country led by Robert Borden in World War One.
William Lyon Mackenzie King dealt with a 1944 conscription crisis in this country, which hosted the signing of the Atlantic Charter.
One man from this country won a Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Suez Crisis, and another's man's 1960 election victory led to the Quiet Revolution.
John Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of this North American country where First Nations people fought for sovereignty in Manitoba.
Pierre Trudeau led this country where multiple independence referendums have been held in Québec.
Riel had earlier led the Red River Rebellion in this country regarding land owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company.
10 more clues from the record
This country’s government used eleven Numbered Treaties to take land and resources from its indigenous people.
The Third Battle of Ypres was ended when Arthur Currie led forces from this country to capture Passchendaele.
The book Lines Drawn Upon the Water discusses how the indigenous people of this country struggled with the psychology of imposed European-style borders.
One regiment from this country was annihilated during an offensive at Beaumont-Hamel.
This country denied entry to refugees on the Komagata Maru, resulting in a riot when the ship returned to Calcutta.
This country was the target of five failed raids by the Fenian Brotherhood.
After the Red River Rebellion, Louis Riel negotiated with this country’s prime minister John A. Macdonald.
Trudeau is the leader of this country whose provinces include Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The Pacific Scandal occurred in this country, where the terminus of the railroad would be in British Columbia.
The Durham Report urged for the union of this modern-day country’s two parts.












