Robert Borden and his Contribution to Canada

                                        Borden at Victory Bonds campaign in Toronto, 1915

Sir Robert Laird Borden was born on June 26, 1854 - June 10, 1937 and was the eight Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920. Borden was from Grand Pre, Nova Scotia which is a farming community where his grandfather, father, mom, and brother lived. He made many tough decision's that have impacted and changed Canada's future by giving it independence and giving woman the right to vote.

As Prime Minster in World War I Borden was able to effectively raise a large fighting force by using conscription, which means all normal men between the ages of 20-45 must attend military service. To pass this act Robert Borden gave woman who had relatives fighting in the war the right to vote so he could re-ensure his election. Although Mr. Borden didn't want to use the Conscription Act but he had no choice because after the Battle of the Somme Canada need soldiers to replenish the army but since there were very few volunteers it led to conscription. Never the less Canadian troops proved them self on the battlefield. When the Treaty of Versailles came around Borden stated that Canada had become its own nation on the battlefield and demanded a seat at the Paris Peace Conference, Britain was opposed but with Borden's determination he was able to get a seat in Paris and led to make Canada its own country. With his determination and ambition Borden has been a critical part of the way we live our lives today.

Who and What instigated World War 1?

                              

The Archduke and his Wife the Day of the Assassination

World War 1 started out with a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary. In Serbia there was a group of Serbian nationalists who called themselves "The Black Hand", they wanted Austria-Hungary out of Bosnia so they planned on killing the Archduke, Franz Ferdinand On June 28 1914, Gavrillo Princip, a member from "The Black Hand" assassinated the Archduke and his wife. This I think is what instigated WW1.

I think that the assassination was what instigated WW1 but I think Austria-Hungary was the reason it started. The reason I think this is, is because Austria-Hungary had been looking for an reason to wage a “preventative war” against Serbia so they can weaken or destroy Serbia and to take back territory which Serbia had captured during the Balkan Wars, if the "Black Hand" had not assassinated the Archduke they would of had no reason to wage war on Serbia and WW1 wouldn't have started, Another reason that I think that this incident  instigated the war is the assassination caused Austria-Hungary to send a letter to Serbia (July Ultimatum) stating various demands and if Serbia didn't accept basically there would be a war. Serbia partially accepted but rejected some of the demands. This gave Austria-Hungary a reason to go to war. The next day, Austria- Hungary had declared war on Serbia starting WW1. 

Even though the assassination was done by a Serbian Nationalist I think that Austria-Hungary instigated the war because Serbia was relatively hostile to the death of the Archduke and said it had nothing to do with the government of Serbia and even though they responded quite well to the Ultimatum Austria-Hungary didn't care and declared war, but this little war over some land quickly escalated in to a long war because each country was joined by other countries all over the globe because there were a variety of existing treaties dating back as much as 75 years before the war started.