PSCI 2003 Study Guide - Final Guide: Constitution Act, 1982, Responsible Government, Flag Of Canada

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Psci 2003 terms and concepts review sheet. United kingdom unwritten constitution like the magna carta and. Usa written constitution: canada has a partly written constitution because it has written constitutions such as the constitutional act of 1867 and the charter if rights and freedom and it has unwritten conventions such as responsible government. It has key documents which are important, but also has unwritten norms: canada as a historic accident: Country came about arbitrarily there was no set plan for canada and how it was created. British had to figure out how to stabilize globalization and did this trough two key moves, which were the: 1763 royal proclamation: created the british colony of quebec. It was the first distinctively canadian constitutional document, a document that laid down the rules for governing the british north american colonies that comprised the territory of what would later become canada. It set out guidelines for european settlement of aboriginal.