After a fiery debate in the British House of Commons, the Constitutional Act of 1791 gave the same constitution to the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Quebec, respectively).
Established by the Constitutional Act of 1791 "for the support and maintenance of a Protestant clergy," the Clergy Reserves amounted to one-seventh of all land grants.
The struggle was long and complicated, but, when William and Mary became the English monarchs in 1689, Presbyterianism was permanently established in Scotland by constitutional act.
Their impact in Quebec was even greater than in Nova Scotia and led to the creation of the Constitutional Act of 1791.
Mobutu agreed to government reforms set forth in the Transitional Constitutional Act (1994), but real reforms and promised elections never took place.
By the Constitutional Act of 1791 the then province of Quebec was divided into a predominantly French province of Lower Canada and a predominantly English province of Upper Canada.
In March, Belarus and Russia produced a draft Constitutional Act for a Russia-Belarus Union, which would feature a rotating chairmanship of the Supreme State Council and a single flag, emblem, and state currency.
Putin's possible desire to extend his stay in power after his second term expires in 2008 may motivate Russia's strong push for the adoption of the Constitutional Act.
Using its political and economic support for Lukashenka's regime as a bargaining chip, it has urged Lukashenka to give the go-ahead for the most important integration projects, notably the adoption of a Constitutional Act that would establish a presidency for the Russia-Belarus Union. Russia-Belarus Union
Even paying your federal taxes is a constitutional act.
