Quebec Act, 1774

[Mindful]

The Quebec Act received royal assent on 22 June 1774. It revoked the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which had aimed to assimilate the French-Canadian population under English rule. The Quebec Act was put into effect on 1 May 1775. It was passed to gain the loyalty of the French-speaking majority of the Province of Quebec. Based on recommendations from Governors James Murray and Guy Carleton, the Act guaranteed the freedom of worship and restored French property rights. However, the Act had dire consequences for Britain’s North American empire. Considered one of the five “Intolerable Acts” by the Thirteen American Colonies, the Quebec Act was one of the direct causes of the American Revolutionary War(1775–83). It was followed by the Constitutional Act in 1791.

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Quebec Act, 1774

The Quebec Act received royal assent on 22 June 1774. It revoked the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which had aimed to assimilate the French-Canadian population ...

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[1srelluc]

So that's how you got all those surly Quebeckers.....You know they are the only reason America's Hat is not a state....Nobody wants to listen to them babbling-on no end in pidgin french.

 

[Mindful]

So that's how you got all those surly Quebeckers.....You know they are the only reason America's Hat is not a state....Nobody wants to listen to them babbling-on no end in pidgin french.

Yes, l’ve heard that French. lol.

I’d still like to visit though.