The Constitutions that Shaped Us re-examines from a comparative and
critical standpoint the events, key players, and texts which, taken
together, help to interpret all Canadian constitutions prior to
Confederation. The key constitutional documents that are studied in
this book are the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Quebec Act of
1774, the Constitutional Act of 1791, and the 1840 Act of Union.
Great Canadian historians of the past take turns in providing
unforgettable sketches and understandings of the actions of
monumental figures such as Governors Murray, Carleton, and Elgin,
British politicians from Pitt to Burke, Grey, and Durham, without
forgetting the leading political and intellectual colonial figures
such as Bedard, Papineau, La Fontaine, Mackenzie, and Baldwin.
Gathering together the most renowned and representative works of
constitutional scholarship, this anthology provides readers with an
in-depth account of the events that would ultimately lead to the
union of British colonies, the birth of the Dominion of Canada, and
the rebirth of political autonomy in a colony known successively as
Quebec, Lower Canada, Canada East, and once again Quebec in 1867.
Following a general survey of the various constitutions enacted
under British rule, this collection includes an equal number of
commentaries by French- and English-speaking historians concerning
each of the four constitutions to offer the most nuanced view of
Canada's origins to date.
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