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Quebec Act
Quebec Act Video
The Quebec act enlarged the province boundaries of both Quebec and Labrador, as well as Ile d'Anticosti, Iles de la Madeleine, and Aboriginal territiory south of the great lakes. The act also restored French civil law and Bitish criminal law, allowing the French to continue to use their previous Seigneurial system. -
The Constitutional Act
The Constitution Act VideoThe Constituational act consisted of the British Parliament seperating upper and lower Canada. The objectives to creating the Canadian Confederation were: To establish a government that would give the same rights and privileges to everyone. To give colonial assemblies the right to impose tax rates or fines. To justify the division and creation of separate provinces. And lastly, to strengthen bonds by learning from the previous government's mistakes. -
Act of Union
Act of Union
The act of Union united the colonies of upper and lower Canada under one government. This created the Provinces of Canada. The act created conflict between upper and lower Canada, because the French language was suspended from specific French Canadian institutions relating to education and civil law. Upper Canada opposed the union, while lower Canada were against the act's anti-French speaking rules and laws. -
Constitution Act
Constitution Act Video
The Constitution act is the distribution of powers between the central parliament and the provincial legislatures. This act was connected to the British North America act and provided the Confederation of the Province of Canada. The Constitution act was the start of Canada becoming it's own country and seperating itself from British control. -
British North America Act
BNA act Song
The British North America act was passed by the British Parliament. It allowed Canada to become a self-governing country.The BNA act is often known as Canada's greatest strength as well as it's greatest challenge. Gradually, though, the provincial governments found a compromise inside what the BNA act limited by providing support from federal grants and standard national heath care. -
The Geary Act
The Geary act required all chinese people who lived in the United States to carry a resident permit (kind of like a passport). In addition to this law, the Chinese weren't abligates to be a witness in court and couldn't revieve bail if they were brought to jail. -
Australia Constitution Act
The Australia Constitution act was established as the guidlines for how Australia's nation would be shaped. It also blueprinted the lives of Australians. IT provided authority for the powers where laws are made, where the executive government implements them and where our courts operate. -
The Wartime Elections Act
The Wartime Elections act was introduced to deprive citizens of enemy-alien birth (not of british decent) to vote, unless they had a song, grandson, or brother on active duty in the war. The act also allowed wives, mothers, and sisters of soldiers to vote, as well as women serving in the armed forces. -
Defence Production Act
The Defense Production act was made to establish a system that organized the more important priorities according to the place. To provide assistance with money for expansion or to get more supplies. It also strengthens control over credit. It does all of this to strengthen the production of goods that are needed for the states national security. -
Cuban Democracy Act
President Conference Audio
The Cuban Democracy act was introduced to strengthen the international standards for human rights and democratic values. It gives the Cuban people more freedom of speech, press, assembly, and other rights. -
The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights act was the start of the revolution of descrimination. It forbid the ability to descriminate based on sex, religion, national origin, and race when hiring, promoting, or firing people. Because of this act, our law today prohibits the act of discriminating people based on these terms. Any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, pprivileges, or employment would not be fired or treated differently based on their sex or skin. -
Australia Rights and Freedom Act
The Rights and Freedoms act in Australia reflects the belief of equality towards rights of all people. Australia developed themselves up to the standard of international human rights. They also engages and supports in developing countries in their improvment of their human rights standards. -
The Aboriginal Lands Act
The Aboriginal lands act recognises certain rights of Tasmanians of Aboriginal decent. It provided the establishment of an Aboriginal council to own and manage their lands that have cultural or historical signifigance. -
The Human Rights Act
Human Rights VideoThe Human Rights act requires all public bodies (such as courts, police, local government, hospitals, etc.) tocarry out public functions and accept the convention rights. This means that individuals can take human rights cases into court if they feel like they must argue on the way that they're treated. The act sets out rughts and freedoms that individuals in the UK have access to. -
Patriot Act
Patriot Act Video
The goal of the Patriot act was to strengthen domestic security and support the power of law-enforcement. This in the end would help to identify and stop terrorists. The Patriot act so far has been extremely controversial and has a high number of successful investigations and arrests or terrorists.
