The British North America Acts, 1867–1975, are a series of acts of Parliament that were at the core of the Constitution of Canada. Most were enacted by...

British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America...

of Australia British colonization of New Zealand British North America Acts British overseas territories Formerly called English America before the Act...

and the imposition of the Navigation Acts, the British colonies in North America became part of the global British trading network. The colonists traded...

Constitution, the British North America Acts which were originally enacted by the British Parliament, including this Act, were renamed. However, the acts are still...

the Province of Quebec in North America. The act was customarily referred to as the Quebec Act, 1774. In 1898, the British Parliament authorised the use...

Quartering Acts were several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain which required local authorities in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America to provide...

British colonies in America. They are named after the Chancellor of the Exchequer who proposed the program. Historians vary slightly as to which acts...

and with Canada's agreement, the British Parliament retained the power to amend Canada's British North America Acts and to enact, more generally, for...

were enacted through Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (or "Imperial Parliament") called the British North America Acts. Other Commonwealth...

The British North America Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 35), also known as the Act of Union 1840, (French: Acte d’Union) was approved by Parliament in July...

Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament...

ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain. The Proclamation at least temporarily forbade all new settlements...

of Charlottetown, where they would focus on the confederation of British North America. They also agreed to invite a delegation from Newfoundland, as they...

Conference at Quebec in 1864, to settle the basics of a union of the British North American Provinces, also known as The Fathers of Confederation. The original...

the case of acts by the United Kingdom Parliament or enshrined by the British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949 or the British North America Act, 1871 in...

division of sovereignty (federalism). Although it is the first of 20 British North America Acts, it is the most famous as the primary document of Canadian Confederation...

in the British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867). Upon the conclusion of the discussions by the delegates, the British government...

British Naturalists' Association British Neuroscience Association British Newspaper Archive British North America, a former name for Canada British North...

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, for representatives from colonies of British North America to discuss Canadian Confederation. The conference took place between...

(French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were...

Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. In the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)...

11 December 2005 "Newfoundland Acts | the Canadian Encyclopedia". Newfoundland Act text Text of the British North America Act 1949 (c.22) as in force today...

previously British laws as they applied to Canada, it did not permit amendment to Canada's constitution, including the British North America Acts. Hence,...

Constitution. They were adopted by the majority of the provinces of British North America, and became the basis for the London Conference of 1866. Some of...

independence from the United Kingdom. Canada requested that the British North America Acts (the written portions of the Constitution of Canada) be exempted...

Among further tensions, the British Parliament imposed the Intolerable Acts in mid-1774. A British attempt to disarm the Americans and the resulting Battles...

statements made or acts undertaken as an MP within the grounds of the Palace of Westminster, on the condition that such statements or acts occur as part of...

that imports be sourced only through Britain. Overall, the Acts formed the basis for English (and later) British overseas trade for nearly 200 years,...

in North America, which in the century after the Acts of Union 1707 was surpassed in rate and number by Scottish and Irish migrants. The British policy...