British colonial authorities in Quebec

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British colonial authorities in Quebec were the representatives of the British Crown who governed the province after its conquest from France, overseeing political administration, legal reforms, and relations with key institutions such as the Roman Catholic Church.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial administration ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem English criminal law ⓘ
French civil law (after Quebec Act 1774) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Canada ⓘ
Canada East ⓘ
Lower Canada ⓘ
Province of Quebec ⓘ
Province of Quebec (1763–1791) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec
country Great Britain ⓘ
endTime 1867 ⓘ
followed French colonial authorities in New France ⓘ
guaranteedRight free practice of Catholicism (Quebec Act 1774) ⓘ
use of French civil law in private matters ⓘ
hasDuties defence of the colony ⓘ
implementation of British imperial policy ⓘ
maintenance of public order ⓘ
management of relations with the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
oversight of legal reforms ⓘ
political administration of the colony ⓘ
regulation of trade and commerce ⓘ
headOfGovernment Governor General of British North America ⓘ
Governor of Quebec ⓘ
includesOffice appointed legislative assembly members (pre-responsible government) ⓘ
executive council ⓘ
governor ⓘ
legislative council ⓘ
lieutenant governor ⓘ
interactsWith British merchant class in Quebec and Montreal ⓘ
French Canadian seigneurial elite ⓘ
Indigenous nations in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalForm royal colony ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Charles Metcalfe ⓘ
Frederick Haldimand ⓘ
George Prevost ⓘ
Guy Carleton ⓘ
James Murray ⓘ
Lord Durham ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
policy accommodation of French language and Catholic religion ⓘ
control of colonial legislature ⓘ
encouragement of British settlement ⓘ
promotion of loyalty to the British Crown ⓘ
recognizedReligion Church of England ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
replacedBy provincial government of Quebec under Canadian Confederation ⓘ
significantEvent Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
Conquest of New France ⓘ
Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
Quebec Act 1774 ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Act

Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Lower Canada ⓘ
Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
startTime 1763 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholic Church in Quebec → historicalRelationshipWith → British colonial authorities in Quebec ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, North America → significantEvent → British military administration of Quebec after 1763 ⓘ
linked to: British colonial authorities in Quebec
Battle of Saint-Charles → opponentOf → British colonial administration in Lower Canada ⓘ
linked to: British colonial authorities in Quebec
Patriote movement → opposedBy → British colonial government in Lower Canada ⓘ
linked to: British colonial authorities in Quebec
Sovereign Council of New France → replacedBy → British military government in Quebec ⓘ
linked to: British colonial authorities in Quebec