Constitutional Act of 1791

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitutional_Act_of_1791
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:country gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:created gptkb:Lower_Canada
gptkb:Upper_Canada
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1791
gptkbp:effect established representative government in Canada
established separate legal and religious institutions for Upper and Lower Canada
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitutional Act of 1791
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:locationEffected gptkb:Province_of_Quebec
gptkbp:longTitle gptkb: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_the_said_Province
gptkbp:providesFor creation of legislative assemblies in Upper and Lower Canada
gptkbp:purpose to divide the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Act_of_Union_1840
gptkbp:subject British colonial law
Canadian constitutional history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lower_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6