Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 2024

What act granted legislative assemblies elected by the people to Upper and Lower Canada?

1. the Quebec Act

2. the Halifax Act

3. the Constitutional Act of 1791

4. the British North America Act

The correct answer is: the Constitutional Act of 1791

The other options, the Quebec Act, the Halifax Act, and the British North America Act, do not directly pertain to the legislative assemblies elected by the people in Upper and Lower Canada. The Quebec Act of 1774 granted religious and political freedoms to Catholics in Quebec and was not specific to the selection of assemblies. The Halifax Act of 1749 established the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia and again, did not relate to the formation of legislative bodies in Upper and Lower Canada. The British North America Act, also known as the Constitution Act of 1867, united the British colonies in North America, but this occurred after the granting of legislative assemblies in 1791 under the Constitutional Act. Therefore, C is the correct answer as it directly addresses the formation of elected assemblies in Upper and Lower Canada.