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Which organization did George Moffatt help organize to oppose the Montreal annexationist movement?

  • British American League

  • Canadian Nationalist League

  • Montreal Anti-Annexation Society

  • Lower Canada Unionists

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George Moffatt was one of the organizers of the British American League, which opposed the Montreal annexationist movement of the late 1840s. The league aimed to maintain British rule in the region and counter the push for annexation to the United States.
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