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Constitutional Act

Great Britain · Government / Government of Great Britain. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1791

William Pitt the Younger10 June 1791

London · Government / Government of Great Britain

His ministry passes the Constitutional Act dividing Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada

Names involved

William Pitt the Younger

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