ECON 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lower Canada, Quebec Act, Habitants
1 Apr 2013
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The quebec act of 1774 was an act of the parliament of great britain (citation 14 geo. Iii c. 83) setting procedures of governance in the. The province"s territory was expanded to take over part of the indian. Reserve, including much of what is now southern ontario, plus. Illinois, indiana, michigan, ohio, wisconsin, and parts of minnesota. The oath of allegiance was replaced with one that no longer made reference to the protestant faith. It guaranteed free practice of the catholic faith. It reformed the government of the province of quebec to accommodate the. 10,000 english-speaking settlers, known as the united empire loyalists, who had arrived from the united states following the american revolution. Quebec, with a population of 145,000 french speaking inhabitants, was divided in two when the act took effect on 26 december 1791. The western half became upper canada (now southern ontario) and the eastern half lower canada (now southern quebec).
