Constitutional Act of 1791

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Statements (71)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:allows English_and_French_civil_law
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Lower_Canada
gptkb:Upper_Canada
new political divisions
gptkbp:defines boundaries_of_Lower_Canada
boundaries_of_Upper_Canada
gptkbp:divisions gptkb:Province_of_Quebec
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:encouraged immigration_to_Canada
gptkbp:established judicial system
land grants
representative government
two separate provinces
land survey system
gptkbp:hasDepartment powers of the governor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitutional Act of 1791
gptkbp:influenced Canadian_constitutional_development
future_Canadian_legislation
Canadian_federalism
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:King_George_III
gptkb:French_Canadians
political opposition
reform movements
gptkbp:isCitedIn historical accounts
court cases
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor lack of representation
inequitable land distribution
failure to address grievances.
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn academic conferences
historical debates
parliamentary debates
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical records
gptkbp:isEngagedIn historians
political scientists
gptkbp:isExaminedBy academic studies
legal analyses
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy ethnic tensions
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy gptkb:American_Revolution
political theories
colonial unrest
colonial governance practices
gptkbp:isLocatedIn gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:isReferencedIn historical literature
legal discussions
gptkbp:isRelatedTo legal interpretations
political scrutiny
British_colonial_laws
gptkbp:isVisitedBy Act of Union 1840
colonial assemblies
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Constitutional_Act_of_1840
War of 1812
political reforms
gptkbp:provides education system
legislative assemblies
gptkbp:recognizes land_rights_of_Indigenous_peoples
French_language_rights
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Quebec_Act
gptkbp:updates settler population
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt stabilizing governance
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:British_North_America_Act
colonial governance
British_colonial_policy
British_officials
colonial_administration_reforms
British_legislative_history
Canadian_history_curriculum
historical_context_of_Canada
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy Loyalists
colonial elites
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1791