EDEE 280 Lecture Notes - Test Act, Quebec Act, English Criminal Law
17 Mar 2013
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Class 10: change of empire: the conquest and its aftermath. The seven year"s war (1754/56-1763: all about territory, hegemony & fight for land, england had stronger navy even though french had more people, the treaty of paris (1763) Aftermath: british presence in quebec reflects england"s attitudes to maintain their holdings. Royal proclamation of 1763 territorial & administrative structure (wanted to assimilate people: the test act (1673, gov. Murray established relationship with catholic church & controlled people through the church. The quebec act of 1774: the oath of loyalty loyalty to the crown, concessions made, more land, church allowed to collect tithe, french custom deserved civil law, english criminal law test act abolished. The constitutional act of 1791: creation of upper & lower canada, ended/amended quebec act, quebec got first elected assembly beginning of democracy loyalists escaping to canada didn"t like british crown catering to french.
