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Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. April 15, pm. Logo text. Related Stories. Related Story Crazy Cases! Read More About: YouTube. All Rights reserved. Close the menu Logo text. The Province of Quebec was greatly enlarged. It was no longer limited to the St. Lawrence River valley.

Its borders expanded to include Labrador , Anticosti Island , the Magdalen Islands and a large area to the west of the Thirteen Colonies. This included what would become Southern Ontario , the disputed territory of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and even parts of modern-day Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. The proclamation had banned European settlement on this territory.

The Quebec Act was intended to appease French Canadians and to gain their loyalty. First and foremost, the Act allowed them to freely practice Roman Catholicism. This was in stark contrast to how the British government had handled similar situations. For the previous years, it had adopted anti-Catholic approaches, particularly in Ireland. With freedom of religion , French-speaking Catholics were no longer barred from running the affairs of the colony.

Though English criminal law was retained, the Act restored French civil law. This meant that the Roman Catholic Church could now legally collect tithes. The seigneurial system was also re-established. While the seigneurs and church officials were undoubtedly happy, French-speaking inhabitants were less pleased about having to pay seigneurial dues and taxes.

The Act also revoked every ordinance that had been passed between and As stated by the Royal Proclamation, legislative authority could only be held by the governor, his council, and the assembly. And since an assembly was never created, colonial authorities did not have the power to impose taxes or duties. These men — most of whom were merchants living in Montreal and Quebec City — wanted to assimilate the French-speaking population. They hoped to turn the colony into a proper British colony.

They wanted the English common law system and freehold tenures instead of the seigneurial system. They also wanted an elected assembly under the control of the British Party.

They argued that only English-speaking Protestants should be able to vote or hold public office. They even petitioned — unsuccessfully — in favour of this. British officials rejected these demands. They feared that a British-dominated assembly would cause tensions within the colony. It would govern the colony with the governor. The Quebec Act was very unpopular among settlers in the Thirteen Colonies.

One month before the Quebec Act passed, the British Parliament approved a series of acts that angered people in the Thirteen Colonies. The newly amended Quartering Act now allowed authorities to lodge British soldiers in private homes. And the Massachusetts Government Act turned the elected colonial council into an appointed one. It also banned all town meetings that took place without the consent of British officials.

He served as a delegate for Massachusetts during the Continental Congress. Most were furious that they were banned from settling in the Ohio valley.

Paul J. He has published articles on the political thought of John Adams, and on the concepts of natural rights, toleration, and constitutional government in the Catholic natural law tradition. Paul Cornish. Quebec Act of [electronic resource].

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