The Constitutional Act, 1791 was an act of the British Parliament. Also known as the Canada Act, it divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lowe...

The Constitutional Act 1791 (French: Acte constitutionnel de 1791) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which was passed during the reign of George III. The act divided the old Province of Quebec into Lower Canada and Upper Canada , each with its own parliament and government.

2024年4月25日 · The Constitutional Act, 1791 was an act of the British Parliament. It was also known as the Canada Act. It divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. The Act was a first step on the long path to Confederation. It also gave women who owned property in Lower Canada the right to vote.

Constitutional Act, (1791), in Canadian history, the act of the British Parliament that repealed certain portions of the Quebec Act of 1774, under which the province of Quebec had previously been governed, and provided a new constitution for …

2025年1月10日 · An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act, passed in the fourteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America; and to make further Provision for the Government of …

2006年2月7日 · Selected text of the Constitutional Act, 1791: an amendment of the Quebec Act designed to apply the British constitution as nearly as possible to colonial conditions without affecting the guaranteed rights of French Canadians.

The Constitutional Act, 1791, act of the British parliament creating Upper Canada and Lower Canada came into effect on December 26, having received royal assent the preceding June.

The Contitution Act of 1791 is a law issued by the British Parliament under King George III in response to the demands of the United Empire Loyalists asking for elected representation. It split a British colony called the Province of Quebec into two separate provinces.

The Constitutional Act of 1791 gave what the British government considered the "appropriate rights of Englishmen" to the colonists of Canada. It authorized the creation of two provinces: Lower Canada, because it was down river along the 'lower' part of the St. Lawrence River, and Upper Canada, because it was up the St. Lawrence River.

Constitutional Act 1791 The Act was designed to harmonize the conflicting interests of French and English by dividing Quebec into two provinces,--Upper and Lower Canada,--thereby giving to each a larger control of its own local affairs.