A) To satisfy the demands of the Loyalists.
B) To assimilate the French in the Province
of Quebec.
C) To win the trust of the French by making
concessions.
D) To give Lower Canada responsible government.
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
2. The Constitutional Act set up a new form of government for Upper and Lower Canada. The Constitutional Act:
A) made the executive council responsible
to the legislative assembly
B) gave the legislative assembly the final
say in the making of law
C) allowed the population to elect their
government representatives
D) reduced the power of the governor in
government affairs
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
3. IN WHAT RESPECT DID THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT REPRESENT A
MISLEADING TYPE OF DEMOCRACY ?
A) There was only one Legislative Assembly
for Upper and Lower Canada.
B) The members of the Legislative Assembly
were named by the Governor General.
C) The Governor General of the colony was
appointed by the king of England.
D) The Govenor could refuse to apply laws
that had been passed by the elected members of the
Assembly.
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
4. Under British rule, the colony of Canada had a number of constitutions.
One of them provided for:
WHICH CONSTITUTION WAS IT?
- representative government, that is, an elected assembly;
- division of the Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada;
- a new way of distributing land: townships.
A) The Royal Proclamation
C) The Quebec Act
B) The British North America Act
D) The Constitutional Act
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
5. In 1791, England passed the Constitutional Act. Today Quebec and
Canada still benefit
from a major political change that was brought
about by this act.
WHAT WAS THIS CHANGE?
A) The election of assembly members
C) The return of the colony to the British Crown
B) Responsible government
D) An appointed governor
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
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