Editing History of North America (section)

===World War I===
{{main|World War I|Canada in World War I}}
[[File:Young men registering for military conscription, New York City, June 5, 1917.jpg|thumb|Young men registering for conscription during World War I in [[New York City]], in June 1917]]
As a part of the [[British Empire]] Canada immediately was at war in 1914. Canada bore the brunt of several major battles during the early stages of the war including the use of [[Poison gas in World War I|poison gas]] attacks at [[Second Battle of Ypres|Ypres]]. Losses became grave, and the government eventually brought in [[conscription]], despite the fact this was against the wishes of the majority of [[French Canadians]]. In the ensuing [[Conscription Crisis of 1917]], riots broke out on the streets of [[Montreal]]. In neighboring Newfoundland, the new dominion suffered a devastating loss on July 1, 1916, the [[First day on the Somme]].

The United States stayed apart from the conflict until 1917, joining the Entente powers. The United States was then able to play a crucial role at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference of 1919]] that shaped [[interwar]] Europe.

Mexico was not part of the war as the country was embroiled in the Mexican Revolution at the time.