What is Constitutional Act 1791?
{{Infobox UK legislation |short_title=''The Clergy Endowments (Canada) Act 1791''<ref>The citation of this ''Act'' by this [[short title]] was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to the ''[[Short Titles Act 1896]]''. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the ''[[Interpretation Act 1978]]''.</ref> |parliament=Parliament of Great Britain |long_title=''An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act, passed in the fourteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled, [[Quebec Act|An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America]]; and to make further Provision for the Government of the said Province.'' |year=1791 |statute_book_chapter=31 Geo 3 c 31 |introduced_by= |territorial_extent= |royal_assent= |commencement= |repeal_date= |amendments= |related_legislation= |repealing_legislation= |status= |original_text= |legislation_history= |revised_text= |}} The Contitution Act of 1791 is a [[law]] issued by the [[British]] [[Parliament]] under [[King George III]] in response to the demands of the United Empire [[Loyalist (American Revolution) |Loyalist]]s asking for elected representation. It split a [[British]] [[colony]] called the [[Province]] of [[Quebec]] into two separate [[provinces]]. The province of [[Upper Canada]] since renamed [[Ontario]] and the province of [[Lower Canada]] since renamed [[Quebec]]. Each was given elected representatives to let the [[government]] know what they wanted but who didn't have any actual [[power]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:British Empire]] [[Category:18th century in Canada]]