Quebec Act

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The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Great Britain
British colonial law
affected Thirteen Colonies
aimedTo secure loyalty of French Canadians
allowed Catholics to hold public office in Quebec
altered system of colonial governance in Quebec
angered American colonists
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
classifiedAs Intolerable Acts (by American colonists)
linked to: Intolerable Acts
contributedTo American Revolutionary sentiment
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dateEnacted 1774
didNotProvide elected legislative assembly for Quebec
established governor and appointed council for Quebec
expandedTerritoryOf Province of Quebec
expandedTerritoryToInclude Illinois Country
linked to: Illinois frontier

Ohio Country
lands north of the Ohio River
lands south of the Great Lakes
territory west to the Mississippi River
followedBy Constitutional Act 1791 (as later reorganization of Quebec)
guaranteed free practice of Roman Catholicism in Quebec
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolution
impactOn boundary claims of American colonies
jurisdiction Province of Quebec
languageOfLaw English
legalStatusOfReligion toleration of Roman Catholicism in Quebec
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
maintained English criminal law in Quebec
monarchDuringEnactment George III
perceivedAs model of imperial governance without representative assembly
threat to Protestantism by many American colonists
protected seigneurial landholding system in Quebec
recognized French civil law in private matters
Roman Catholic Church in Quebec
region British North America
relatedToEvent American Revolution
removed Test Oath requirement for Catholics in Quebec
repealed Royal Proclamation of 1763 (in part)
restored collection of tithes by the Catholic Church in Quebec
subjectOf controversy in British North America
title An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America
linked to: Quebec Act

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First Continental Congress cause Quebec Act
Province of Quebec significantEvent Quebec Act 1774
linked to: Quebec Act
Quebec Act title An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America
linked to: Quebec Act
Intolerable Acts hasPart Quebec Act
Constitutional Act 1791 replaced Quebec Act 1774 in respect to governmental structure
linked to: Quebec Act
Constitutional Act 1791 predecessor Quebec Act 1774
linked to: Quebec Act
British colonial authorities in Quebec significantEvent Quebec Act 1774
linked to: Quebec Act
Governor General of the Province of Quebec hasLegalBasis Quebec Act 1774
linked to: Quebec Act
colonial government of Upper Canada followed Quebec Act regime in western Quebec
linked to: Quebec Act