BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT

law passed by the British Parliament in 1867 that provided for the unification of the Canadian provinces into the dominion of Canada. Until 1982 the act also functioned as the constitution of Canada. The act enumerated the powers of the provincial legislatures and gave the residual powers to the dominion; its interpretation by the privy council somewhat nullified this design by giving a very extended scope to the provincial power of "property and civil rights," and developing a doctrine of "emergency powers" to give the dominion the authority needed by a national government in time of war. This act was superseded by the Canada Act of 1982.

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books on: British North America Act  - 3187 results

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United States Expansionism and British North America, Ca. 1775-1871
Book by Reginald C. Stuart; University of North Carolina Press, 1988
Subjects: British--North America--History--18th Century, British--North America--History--19th Century, Great Britain--Relations--United States, United States--Relations--Great Britain, United States--Territorial Expansion
...draw revolutionary minds north. 4 The story of United States expansionism and the British North American provinces began...Great Britains 1774 Quebec Act riveted revolutionary...Canada as a province under British, rather than French control...
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Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890: A Study of Rejection of Defence Responsibilities
Book by Glynn Barratt; University of British Columbia Press, 1983
Subjects: Canada--Military Relations--Soviet Union, Pacific Coast (B.C.)--History, Military, Russians--British Columbia--Pacific Coast--History--19th Century, Soviet Union--Military Relations--Canada
...observations, which were made by British officers and colonists alike by...Gladstones government withdrew all British troops from the Dominion of Canada...that made up the Dominion. The British North America Act itself, on which their powers...
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Distant Dominion: Britain and the Northwest Coast of North America, 1579-1809
Book by Barry M. Gough; University of British Columbia Press, 1980
Subjects: British Columbia--History, Great Britain--History, Naval, Northwest Coast Of North America--Discovery And Exploration--British, Northwest Coast Of North America--History
...armed opposition to British designs. Spains attempt to check British aggrandizement at Nootka Sound was only one act in a long series of...Central and South America, the Philippines...nation at sea. For the British, whose preponderant...
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British Emigration to British North America: The First Hundred Years
Book by Helen I. Cowan; University of Toronto Press, 1961
Subjects: Canada--Emigration and immigration--History, Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History, United States--Emigration and immigration--History
...organizations, until 1834 unauthorized by act of Parliament, shipped away to British North America or the United States at their own expense...and the sporadic assisted emigrations to British North America in the mid-nineteenth century...
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The United States, Great Britain, and British North America from the Revolution to the Establishment of Peace after the War of 1812
Book by A. L. Burt; Russell & Russell, 1961
Subjects: Canada--Relations (General) With The United States, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, United States--Relations (General) With Canada
...American equivalent for the British freedom to engage in the American...for the simple reason that British traders were likewise excluded...it "the most open and daring act of the British agents in America." 13 A.S.P.F.R...
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Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century
Journal article by Jennifer Eastman Attebery; Journal of Social History, Vol. 43, 2010
Subjects: Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century...written by middle-class British immigrants who came to...experiences upon entering North America differed from that of...of the letter as an "act of literacy" (57) in...
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Philosophy of Railways: The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America
Journal article; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29, 1999
Subjects: Railroad policy, Railroads--History
...Railway Idea in British North America. Toronto...the Guarantee Act of 1849 and...1867 British North America Act that effected...independence from British rule. The...places British North Americans within...the Guarantee Acts architect...
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Myths and Realities about Petroleum-related Development: Lessons for British Columbia from Atlantic Canada and the North Sea
Journal article by J. D. House; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Atlantic provinces Canada, British Columbia Canada, Canada, Economic development, Economic impact, Environmental aspects, Industrial development, North Sea Region, Petroleum industry
...proximity to British Columbia was...companies should act in terms of a...damage in the North Sea and off Canadas...Charlotte Basin off British Columbia, there...oil industry in North America is still adamantly...province such as British Columbia? There...
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Gender and Male Same-Sex Erotic Behavior in British North America in the Seventeenth Century
Journal article by Colin L. Talley; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 6, 1996
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...in obtaining two witnesses to an act that was usually clandestine and...biblical texts and doctrines in British North America? In 1631 Massachusetts Bay colonist...Hutchinson fled to Rhode Island. 56 In British North America there was more cultural...
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Mapping North America: Visual Representation of Canada and the United States in Recent Academic Work and Editorial Cartoons
Journal article by Adam J. Green; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Boundaries (Geography)--Political aspects, Boundaries--Political aspects, North America--Identification and classification, North America--Political aspects, Partition, Territorial--Evaluation, Territorial partition--Evaluation
...Torontonians, or British Columbians express...of territory in North America? Rather than attempting...to conceptualize North American identity, but have favored the act of categorization...exploration of "how North America really works...
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Thinking North America
Magazine article by Philip Resnick; Inroads, Summer 2008
Subjects: American history, Civil liberties, Free trade, North America, Politics, Prosperity, Trade agreements
...of American and British features. Spanish...rest of Latin America, would become...informality - very North American in character...document. An act of the British Parliament, lacking...formula, the British North America Act of 1867 was...
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
Magazine article; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, December 2000
Subjects: Canadian history, Military history, United States--Military aspects
...Country, between the British colonies and New...ultimatum to the British to stay out of the...committing a political act symbolizing the end...neutrality. The war in North America, which pitted the...Quebec, where the British general James Wolfe...
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With the Crofters to Canada: Archaeologist Keith Branigan Uncovers Clues Revealing the Patterns of Emigration from the Isle of Barra to British North America, from 1770 to 1850
Magazine article by Keith Branigan; History Today, Vol. 54, February 2004
Subjects: Barra--Emigration and immigration, Canada--Emigration and immigration, Scotland--Emigration and immigration, Scotland--History
...expanding provinces of British North America. Some veterans of the...served with the army in North America and settled in Nova Scotia...introduced a Passenger Act, ostensibly to make...landed at Pictou on the north coast of Nova Scotia...
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United State of North America: Elitists in the United States, Mexico, and Canada Are Plotting to Merge These Three Nations into a Single Regional Government Similar to the European Union
Magazine article by Steven Yates; The New American, Vol. 22, May 1, 2006
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--Laws, regulations and rules, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico, International trade--Laws, regulations and rules, North America--Domestic policy, North America--International trade
United State of North America: Elitists in the...1787, 13 former British colonies that had...encompassing all of North America. Representative...Congress called the North American Cooperative Security Act. This bill would...
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America, North Korea and Iran
Magazine article by Sharif Shuja; Contemporary Review, Vol. 289, Winter 2007
Subjects: Iran--International relations, Iran--Military aspects, Iranian foreign relations--Military aspects, Mutual assured destruction, North Korea--International relations, North Korea--Military aspects, North Korean foreign relations--Military aspects, Nuclear crisis control, Nuclear weapons--International aspects, United States foreign relations--Military aspects
America, North Korea and Iran. by Sharif...would be logical to assume America would do an Iraq and invade North Korea. Instead, the Bush...States. The sad fact is that America is not able to stop North Korea, short of military action...
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newspaper articles on: British North America Act  - 892 results

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It's a Tidy Little Development outside Oxford. the Type of Place Where They Make Gizmos. except at British Biotech They've Yet to Make Anything at All. but They're Working on a Cure for Cancer. and, Even Though They Lose [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; June 30, 1996
Subjects: British Biotech PLC, Pharmaceutical industry
...looked like a craven act of short-termism...scientists, including British Biotech itself...Back then, all British Biotech had was an...Stock Exchange, British Biotech and companies...put it somewhere north of pounds sterling50...genetics took him to America, but he soon became...
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Newsnight's Gavin and the Sexy Gipsy 'Vixen of the Violin'; UNLIKELY COUPLE: Anna Phoebe's Raunchy Stage Act and Rock 'N' Roll Style Are a Far Cry from the Formal Authority Her New Lover Gavin Esler Exudes on Newsnight
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 12, 2008
Subjects: British Broadcasting Corp. BBC News
...COUPLE: Anna Phoebes Raunchy Stage Act and Rock N Roll Style Are a Far Cry...Before that he was the BBCs chief North America correspondent. He has interviewed...Mr Eslers children were born in America, where his wife worked for a company...
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United Eyes America West: Deal Could Stimulate Mergers of Airlines, Alliance Moves
Newspaper article by Timothy Burn; The Washington Times, January 22, 1999
Subjects: Airlines, America West Holdings Corp., United Air Lines Inc.
...said interest in America West has grown in...Harris said. An America West United combination...American Airlines and British Airways in the past...have said they will act if the agreements...complete a deal with America West. "The positive...destinations across North America. While profits...
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America Leads the Way in Pensions
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 17, 2005
Subjects: Aon Consulting (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), Consulting services
America Leads the Way in Pensions...months for the average British firm. And a quarter...than five per cent in America. The cause of the...last years Pensions Act, which gives trustees...contribution levels." British bosses would do well...
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Introducing Canada's West; Made Up of Two Gloriously Diverse Provinces - Alberta and British Columbia - Canada's West Has Everything You Might Ever Want from a Holiday Destination
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 24, 2011
...there is more to British Columbia. A ferry...the west coast of North America. Here you can stroll...Port Hardy at the north tip. Back on the...months. In fact, British Columbia is heaven...territory. They also act as a precursor for...
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encyclopedia articles on: British North America Act  - 40 results

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British North America Act
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT law passed by the British Parliament in 1867 that provided for the unification of the Canadian provinces into the dominion of Canada. Until 1982 the act also functioned as the constitution of Canada. The act enumerated...
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British Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Canada, issued his "Report on the Affairs of British North America." Durham stated that to retain its colonies Britain...large measure of internal self-government. The British North America Act of 1867 inaugurated a pattern of devolution followed...
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Canada Act
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANADA ACT also called the Constitutional...fully sovereign state. The British Parliament approved it on...except Quebec, combines the British North America Act of 1867, subsequent amendments to that act by the British Parliament, and new material...
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Natives, North American
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NATIVES, NORTH AMERICAN peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of...Pontiacs Rebellion ; Dawes Act ). The Northwest Coast...were the Nadene in the north and the Wakashan (a...16th cent. and the British and French in the 17th...
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Canada
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Canada Act of 1982, which replaced the British North America Act of 1867...British North America The French...which imposed British institutions...the Quebec Act (1774...before the British North America Act in 1867 made...
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