CanadaHistory 16 · Canada’s history
What did the Constitutional Act of 1791 do?
- aIt created the Dominion of Canada out of four British colonies
- bIt united Upper and Lower Canada into a single Province of Canada
- cIt gave the Hudson's Bay Company its trading rights in Rupert's Land
- dIt divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower CanadaCorrect answer
Why?
The Constitutional Act split the colony in two. Upper Canada (later Ontario) was mainly English-speaking and Protestant, and Lower Canada (later Quebec) was mainly French-speaking and Catholic; each got an elected assembly.
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