What did the Constitutional Act of 1791 do?
Answer: Divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada (later Ontario), mainly Loyalist, Protestant and English-speaking, and Lower Canada (later Quebec), heavily Catholic and French-speaking.
All answer choices
- Divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. (correct answer)
- United Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada.
- Created the Dominion of Canada.
- Abolished slavery in the British Empire.
This practice question is based on Discover Canada, the official study guide for the Canadian citizenship test. Brush up on this topic in our History study guide.
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