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18 de mar. de 2009 · Gwyn describes Macdonald as “Canada’s first anti-American.”. And in pages brimming with anecdote, insight, detail and originality, he has created an indelible portrait of “the irreplaceable man,”–the man who made us. “Macdonald hadn’t so much created a nation as manipulated and seduced and connived and bullied it into existence ...
18 de dic. de 2020 · The first, John, was born in New York in August of 1847 but the child died 13 months later. Macdonald never appeared to get over the death of John and until the day he died, he kept a box of the child’s toys with him. The birth was difficult for Isabella as she was 39 at the time and needed several months of rest following the birth.
with John Macdonald. In 1843, the same year he married Isabella Clark, John A Macdonald ran for the position of Alderman (city councilor) in Kingston, winning the election, but suffering what he called his “first downfall” after his supporters accidentally dropped him onto the street after carrying him off in victory. A year later, local
Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country’s first prime minister.
30 de ago. de 2020 · La statue de John Alexander Macdonald, le premier Premier ministre du Canada, a été déboulonnée et décapitée hier à Montréal. Leader de la grande coalition qui a mené à la création du pays, il est le Père de la confédération canadienne. Chef du Parti Conservateur du Canada (l’ancêtre de celui d’aujourd’hui), il a été au ...
Nation-builder. Sir John A. Macdonald was the chief architect of modern Canada. In his youth, British North America was a patchwork of separate colonies; by the time of his death, Canada stretched from sea to sea. Shrewd and charismatic, Macdonald persuaded New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to join Québec and Ontario in forming Confederation in 1867.
21 de sept. de 2018 · John A. Macdonald (1815-1891), l’un des pères fondateurs du Canada, fut déjà, de son vivant, un personnage sulfureux impliqué dans des scandales politico-financiers. WIKICOMMONS
