Lower Canada

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Image:Canada lower.PNG Lower Canada was a British colony in North America, at the downstream (eastern) end of the Saint Lawrence River. It covered the southern portion of the modern-day province of Quebec.

Lower Canada was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791 from the partition of the British colony the Province of Quebec into the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

Lower Canada consisted of part of the former French colony of New France, ceded to Great Britain after that empire's victory in the French and Indian Wars, also called the Seven Years' War. Other parts of New France ceded to Britain became the colonies of Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, and later New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Out of the Rebellion of 1837, the 1791 Constitution was suspended on March 27 1838 and a special council was appointed to administer the colony.

Lower Canada, Upper Canada and their legislatures were abolished with The Union Act passed in July 23, 1840. The act abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and united them in the political entity, the Province of Canada.

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