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  2. Canadian Confederation - Wikipedia

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    Once that issue was resolved, the constitution was patriated when Elizabeth II gave royal assent to the Canada Act, 1982. The constitution of Canada is made up of a number of codified acts and uncodified conventions; one of the principal documents is the Constitution Act, 1982, which renamed the British North America Act, 1867, to the ...

  3. Territorial evolution of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution Act, 1982, via the Canada Act 1982, made Canada completely independent of the United Kingdom, removing the requirement to involve the British parliament in amending the Canadian constitution. October 12, 1984 The International Court of Justice decided the maritime border with the United States in the Gulf of Maine. [60]

  4. List of Canadian constitutional documents - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.

  5. 160 years later, Confederate constitution an ignoble relic - AOL

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    The Confederate Constitution is a forgotten relic of an ignoble cause that remains contentious generations after the Civil War ended, yet few people even know of its existence or final resting place.

  6. Constitutional history of Canada - Wikipedia

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    As a result, Lower Canada and Upper Canada, with its enormous debt, were united in 1840, and French was banned in the legislature for about eight years. Eight years later, an elected and responsible government was granted. By this time, the French-speaking majority of Lower Canada had become a political minority in a unified Canada.

  7. 1948 Newfoundland referendums - Wikipedia

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    Newfoundland and Canada. The Newfoundland referendums of 1948 were a series of two referendums to decide the political future of the Dominion of Newfoundland.Before the referendums, Newfoundland was in debt and went through several delegations to determine whether the country would join Canada ("confederation"), remain under British rule or regain independence.

  8. List of documents from the constitutional history of Canada

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    Report of the Royal Commission for the Investigation of all Grievances Affecting His Majesty's Subjects of Lower Canada (1837) Lord John Russell's Ten Resolutions (March 6, 1837) Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada (February 22, 1838) Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839) (February, 1839) Act of Union (1840) (February 10 ...

  9. Constitution Act, 1867 - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), [1] originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada , including its federal structure , the House of Commons ...