History of Canada (1763–1867)

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Starting with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 enlarged the colony of Canada under the name of the Province of Quebec. The Constitutional Act 1791 split that Province of Quebec into two separate provinces, Lower Canada and Upper Canada, sometimes referred to the "Canadas". In 1841, the Union Act, 1840, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were joined to become the Province of Canada. By the 1860s, interest developed in forming a new federation between the Canadas and the other British colonies of British North America, that led to Confederation in 1867. A number of other British colonies that are today part of Canada, such as Newfoundland and British Columbia, and large territories such as Rupert's Land, initially remained outside the newly formed federation.

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