• 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...
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  • The British North American Act was a Canadian psychedelic rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1968. The group recorded one studio album, In the Beginning...
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    The Quebec Act, 1774 (French: Acte de Québec de 1774) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which set procedures of governance in the Province...
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    other British North American colonies. With the passage of the British North America Act, 1867 by the British Parliament, Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick...
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    The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part...
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    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...
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    British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America...
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    originally titled the British North America Act 1949, but was renamed in Canada on the patriation of the Canadian Constitution from the United Kingdom in...
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    formally known as British America and the British West Indies immediately prior to thirteen of the colonies seceding in the American Revolutionary War...
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    although Canada was unified under the British North America Act, the act contained no general declaration or recognition of the fact that Canada was a bilingual...
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    The Bank of British North America was founded by royal charter issued in 1836 in London, England. British North America was the common name by which the...
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    North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic...
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    Quartering Act, and establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. The Townshend Acts met resistance in the colonies...
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  • accepted. The British North America Act 1867 was the act that established Canada, by the confederation of the North American British colonies of the Canada...
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  • modifying the Constitution of Canada primarily meant amending the British North America Act, 1867. Unlike most other constitutions, however, the Act had no...
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    North America to provide British Army personnel in the colonies with housing and food. Each of the Quartering Acts was an amendment to the Mutiny Act and...
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    partially reformed the British provinces into a unitary system and eventually led to the British North America Act, 1867, which created the contemporary Canadian...
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    originally known as the British North America Act, 1871, but it was renamed by the Constitution Act, 1982. Section 4 provides that the Parliament of Canada...
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    The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed...
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    include the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitution Act, 1867...
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  • patriating the constitution, introducing several amendments to the British North America Act, 1867, including re-naming it the Constitution Act, 1867. In...
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    in the British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867). Upon the conclusion of the discussions by the delegates, the British government...
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    Canadian Confederation (category British North America)
    Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were...
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    The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the...
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  • the people's representatives. The current Constitution of Canada consists of the 1867 British North America Act (BNA) and subsequent amendments. The BNA...
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    The Tea Act 1773 (13 Geo. 3. c. 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held...
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  • the Constitution of Canada, such as: The Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867) The Constitution Act, 1982 The Constitution...
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    Native Americans in the United States List of American Inuit Native American Languages Act of 1990 Native American weaponry Native Americans in German popular...
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    Provinces and territories of Canada (category Administrative divisions in North America)
    receive their power and authority from the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867), whereas territories are federal...
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    extended to the other British North American colonies. With the passage of the British North America Act, 1867 by the British Parliament, the Province of...
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