| 词条 | Lower Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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|native_name = Province du Bas-Canada |conventional_long_name = Province of Lower Canada |common_name = Lower Canada |era = British Era |status = Colony |empire = United Kingdom |government_type = Château Clique oligarchy under a Constitutional monarchy |event_start = Constitutional Act of 1791 |year_start = 1791 |date_start = 26 December |event_end = Act of Union 1840 |year_end = 1841 |date_end = 10 February |event1 = |date_event1 = |event2 = |date_event2 = |event3 = |date_event3 = |p1 = Province of Quebec (1763–1791) |flag_p1 = Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |s1 = United Province of Canada |flag_s1 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg |s2 = Colony of Newfoundland |flag_s2 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg |today={{Plainlist|*{{flag|Canada}}
|flag = Flag of Quebec |flag_type = |image_flag = Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |symbol_type_article= |symbol_type = |image_coat = |image_map = Évolution territoriale du Bas-Canada.gif |image_map_caption = |capital = Quebec City |national_motto = |national_anthem = |common_languages = French, English |religion = |currency = Canadian pound |leader1 = George III |year_leader1 = 1791–1820 |leader2 = George IV |year_leader2 = 1820–1830 |leader3 = William IV |year_leader3 = 1830–1837 |leader4 = Victoria |year_leader4 = 1837–1841 |title_leader = Sovereign |deputy1 = See list of Lieutenant-Governors |year_deputy1 = |title_deputy = Lieutenant-Governor and Executive Council of Lower Canada |legislature = Parliament of Lower Canada |house1 = Legislative Council |house2 = Legislative Assembly |stat_year1 = 1839[1] |stat_area1 = 534185 |stat_pop1 = 700000 |stat_year2 = |stat_pop2 = |political_subdiv= |footnotes = }} The Province of Lower Canada ({{lang-fr|province du Bas-Canada}}) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and the Labrador region of the modern-day Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (until the Labrador region was transferred to Newfoundland in 1809).[2] Lower Canada consisted of part of the former colony of Canada of New France, conquered by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War ending in 1763 (also called the French and Indian War in the United States.) Other parts of New France conquered by Britain became the Colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The Province of Lower Canada was created by the "Constitutional Act of 1791" from the partition of the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–91)[3] into the Province of Lower Canada and the Province of Upper Canada. The prefix "lower" in its name refers to its geographic position farther downriver from the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River than its contemporary Upper Canada, present-day southern Ontario. The colony/province was abolished in 1841 when it and adjacent Upper Canada were united into the Province of Canada.[4] Rebellion{{Main|Lower Canada Rebellion}}Like Upper Canada, there was significant political unrest. Twenty-two years after the invasion by the Americans in the War of 1812, a rebellion now challenged the British rule of the predominantly French population. After the Patriote Rebellion in the Rebellions of 1837–38[5] were crushed by the British Army and Loyal volunteers, the "1791 Constitution" was suspended on 27 March 1838 and a special council was appointed to administer the colony. An abortive attempt by revolutionary Robert Nelson to declare a Republic of Lower Canada was quickly thwarted. The provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were combined as the United Province of Canada in 1841, when The Union Act of 1840 came into force. Their separate legislatures were combined into a single parliament with equal representation for both constituent parts, even though Lower Canada had a greater population.[6] ConstitutionThe Province of Lower Canada inherited the mixed set of French and English institutions that existed in the Province of Quebec during the 1763–91 period and which continued to exist later in Canada-East (1841–67) and ultimately in the current Province of Quebec (since 1867). {{clear|left}}Population{{main|Population of Canada}}Lower Canada was populated mainly by Canadiens, an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward.
TransportationTraveling around Lower Canada was made mainly by water along the St. Lawrence River. On land the only main route was the Chemin du Roy or King's Highway, built in the 1730s by New France.[10] The King's Highway remained as an alternate means of travel until the challenge of steamboats (1815) and trains on land (1850s) began to challenge the royal road.[10] Challenged by boats and trains, the royal road's importance waned after the 1850s and would not re-emerge as a key means of transportation until the modern highway system of Quebec was created in the 20th century. See also{{stack|{{Portal|Quebec|History of Canada}}}}
References1. ^{{cite web|title=The emigrant's handbook of facts concerning Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, &c|url=https://archive.org/stream/cihm_95282#page/n35/mode/2up|publisher=Open Library|accessdate=22 December 2013|pages=2–3}} 2. ^{{cite web |year=2007 |url = http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/NFLDHistory/Quebec-NewfoundlandLabradorBoundaryIssue.htm|title = LABRADOR-CANADA BOUNDARY|publisher = marianopolis| accessdate =20 March 2008 |quote=Labrador Act, 1809. – An imperial act (49 Geo. III, cap. 27), 1809, provided for the re-annexation to Newfoundland of 'such parts of the coast of Labrador from the River St John to Hudson's Streights, and the said Island of Anticosti, and all other smaller islands so annexed to the Government of Newfoundland by the said Proclamation of the seventh day of October one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three (except the said Islands of Madelaine) shall be separated from the said Government of Lower Canada, and be again re-annexed to the Government of Newfoundland.'}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lower-canada|title=Lower Canada - The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|accessdate=19 November 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/province-of-canada-1841-67|title=Province of Canada 1841-67 - The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|accessdate=19 November 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/rapport-durham|title=Rapport Durham - l'Encyclopédie Canadienne|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|accessdate=19 November 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000029 |title=Canadian Encyclopedia: Act of Union |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720023244/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0000029 |archivedate=20 July 2011 |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=19028&type=pge#.W_M2PPniaUk|title=Mackenzie, William Lyon - Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec|website=www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca|accessdate=19 November 2018}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-joseph-papineau|title=Louis-Joseph Papineau - The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|accessdate=19 November 2018}} 9. ^Censuses of Canada. 1665 to 1871, Statistics of Canada, Volume IV, Ottawa, 1876 10. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.lecheminduroy.com/en/history|title=History - Le Chemin du Roy|website=Le Chemin du Roy|accessdate=19 November 2018}} Further reading
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