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1. What "holy cult" did the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville identify in America in the 1830s? a. "the holy cult of the Holy Ghost" b. "the holy cult of individuality" c. "the holy cult of the market" d. "the holy cult of freedom" e. "the holy cult of domesticity" Click the card to flip 👆. d. "the holy cult of freedom" Click the card to flip 👆.
7 lut 2006 · In 1840, the British Parliament passed the Act of Union. It went into effect on 10 February 1841. The Act established a single government and legislature in a united Province of Canada. The capital was located in Kingston from 1841 until 1844. It was then moved to Montreal until 1849.
The Assembly passed a motion of non-confidence in the executive and Lord Elgin then called Baldwin and LaFontaine into the executive council to form the government. This was the first time that a government was formed by the leaders of the majority party in the Province of Canada.
The Act of Union was passed by the British Parliament in July 1840 and proclaimed 10 February 1841. It united the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada under one government, creating the Province of Canada.
The 1840s (pronounced "eighteen-forties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1840, and ended on December 31, 1849. The decade was noted in Europe for featuring the largely unsuccessful Revolutions of 1848, also known as the Springtime of Nations.
Perhaps the most insightful commentator on American democracy was the young French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville, whom the French government sent to the United States to report on American prison reforms (Figure 10.5.1). Tocqueville marveled at the spirit of democracy that pervaded American life.
Following rebellions in 1837 and 1838, 1848 in Canada saw the establishment of responsible government in Nova Scotia and The Canadas, the first such governments in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom.
