9.+Constitutional+Act+of+1791

**When did this occur?**
==== The Constitutional Act occurred in 1791. It came in effect in exactly December 26th,1791. ====

**Who did this involve?**
====The Constitutional act of 1791 involved the immigrants who moved into North America, the Loyalist, the government of Halifax, King of England, and the British government .====

**What happened?**
====Around the 1780's immigrants moved into areas west of the Bay of Fundy. The immigrants quickly outnumbered the loyalists who lived there, which resulted to the loyalist arguing that the government of Halifax was too far away to understand their needs. The loyalist in western Montreal, thought that they should be treated the same as the British. That is why, the British government passed the Constitutional act of 1791. ====

**Why did this occur? **
====The Constitutional act of 1791 occured to meet the demands of the Loyalists, and give the habitants of Quebec the same right as the British in North America. ====

**What resulted from this?**
====The Constitutional Act of 1791 resulted to a change in government after 1791. From the point of veiw from many of the British, it resulted to too much democracy. Also, it gave the loyalist the same rights as the British. ====

**What impact did this have on people today?**
====The impact of the Constitutional Act of 1791 caused the province of Quebec to divide into upper Canada and lower Canada. Today, lower Canada speaks French and the upper Canada speaks English. Also, each colony has an elected assembly to raise taxes. The lower Canada was allowed to continue the system of land ownership. If the Constitutional act in 1791, didn't happen now we wouldn't have two different goverments. We also didn't had to pay two taxes to the Quebec and the Ontario goverment. ====



 * **Aitken B. et al.** **//Their Stories, Our History: Canada's Early Years.// Canada: Thomson Duval, 2006. Print**.
 * **Image from: **[|**http://www.onzone.ca/images/timeline/1791_upper_canada.jpg**]
 * **Information from: **[|**http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution8_e.html**]**, **[|**http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution8_e.html#constitutionalact**]