History 414

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History 414

• Unit 3 - The Conquest
• The Quebec Act

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Corrections

• None

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Reading

• Text p. 79-80
• Workbook p. 54

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The End

• 1760 The Capitulation
• 1760-1763 Military Government
• 1763 Treaty of Paris
• 1763 Royal Proclamation

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Reactions to the Royal Proclamation

• Indians
• 13 Colonies
• French Canadians
• British

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Causes of the American Revolution

• New Colonial Policies
• Protest in the Colonies
• Escalation Towards Conflict
• Canadiens Benefit

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New Colonial Policies

• Conquest Put England into debt
• 1763 Navigation Act
• Commerce ONLY with England
• New Taxes
• 1764 Sugar Act
• 1765 Stamp Act (Cancelled)
• 1767 Townshend Acts (Cancelled)
• 1773 The Tea Act
• Strict Measures
• Expansion to the West not permitted
• British Army Presence

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Protest in the Colonies

• Americans protest vigorously
• No representation in London
• No taxation without representation
• Fear of economic ruin
• Felt that prevention of expansion westward was
  injust
• Actions Boycott and did not pay taxes

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Escalation Towards Conflict

• 1760-1770 Relations between 13 Colonies and
  England deterioriate
• 1773 Boston Tea Party
• Revolutionary Army
• 1775 Lexington
• 1776 Declaration of Independance

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Canadiens Benefit

• American Agitation Worries Carleton
• 1768 Gave advantages to Canadiens to assure
  their loyalty
• Tolerance Continues
• Desired modifications to political structure
• Re-establishment of the Seigneurial system
• Re-establishment of French laws
• Re-establishment of the Tithe
• Access to government positions
• Expansion of borders to the west

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The Quebec Act

• 1774 Approved
• Favorable towards the Canadiens
• Four Important Points
• Geographic
• Judicial
• Religious
• Political

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Geographic Changes

• Area of the Province Tripled
• Labrador
• Ohio River Valley
• Great Lakes
• Gulf of St-Lawrence Islands

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Judicial Changes

• French Civil Laws
• Recognized the French Seigneurial System
• English Criminal Laws

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Religious Changes

• Test Act Modified
• Allegiance to the King only
• Freedom to exercise the Catholic Religion
• Right for the clergy to collect the tithe
  recognized

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Political Changes

• Political structures remain the same
• Canadiens permitted on the Executive Council (8
  members)
• Still no assembly

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Reactions to the Quebec Act

• Seigneurs and Clergy Very Happy
• Canadiens Neutral
• British Merchants Indignant
• 13 Colonies Intolerable laws wouldnt accept
• Being prevented from settling the Ohio River
  Valley
• The return of French Civil Law and the
  recognition of the Catholic Religion
• The lack of an Assembly in the Province

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Class/Homework

• Workbook p. 53-54
• Tomorrow Reactions to The Quebec Act, Treaty of
  Versailles
• Friday TEST on the Conquest!!!