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Act of Union (1840)

The British North America Act of 1840, known as the Act of Union, was a law passed in the British parliament that unified the legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada to form a single Province of Canada. The terms of the union, proposed by the governor-in-chief of British North America, Lord Sydenham, were most unfair to Lower Canada – equal representation for the less populous Upper Canada, the charging of its higher debt against the united province, and a permanent civil list against which the Lower Canadian assembly had long fought.

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Other Resources

Act of Union. Content archived on 26 Nov. 2019
Act of Union - The Canadian Encyclopedia. Content archived on 13 May 2018
Act of Union 1840 - Wikipedia
Canada A Country by Consent: Act of Union
Canada A Country by Consent: Terms of the Act of Union
Canada | History, Geography, & Culture - The union of Canada | Britannica.com
Canadian Geographic: Historical Maps. Content archived on 3 Aug. 2020
Civilization.ca - History of Canadian Medicare - 1914-1929 - British North America Act, 1867
Parliamentary Institutions - Introduction
Province of Canada 1841-67 - The Canadian Encyclopedia. Content archived on 20 Dec. 2024
Terms of Union
The Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences (1864) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
The Constitutional Act, 1867, the Confederation Debates and Provincial Autonomy - Studies on the Canadian Constitution and Canadian Federalism - Quebec History
Union Act 1840 - UK Parliament. Content archived on 6 June 2023
Upper Canada - Library and Archives Canada. Content archived on 15 May 2021
Upper and Lower Canada : a bill for re-uniting ... - Early Canadiana Online

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