CanadaHistory 17 · Canada’s history
In 1793, under Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, what did Upper Canada do?
- aIt became the first province in the British Empire to move toward ending slaveryCorrect answer
- bIt became the first province in the British Empire to give women the right to vote
- cIt made English and French the two official languages of the colony
- dIt joined Lower Canada to form the Province of Canada
Why?
Simcoe, who also founded Toronto, supported a 1793 law that began to end slavery in Upper Canada. No other province of the British Empire had taken this step before.
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