PSCI 2003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865, Charlottetown Conference, Political Freedom
5 Dec 2017
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The royal proclamation of 1763 created the british colony of quebec from what was then called new france. > first distinctively canadian constitutional document that laid down rules for governing the british north american colonies. An important aspect of the royal proclamation was in laying down legal rules about how future settlers in british north american colonies were to acquire land from. Aboriginals did not have private property rights as they were conceptualized in much of europe at this time. Colonist doctrine of terra nulls - which contends that land could be claimed by a colonial power provided that it was not occupied when the colonial power discovered it. Historical institutional approach - emphasizes the importance of political history and the study of institutions. In each colony, power was concentrated in the of ce of a governor, who was a british citizen appointed by the british monarch, and responsible primarily for protecting the interests of the mother country.
