Key Terms
What is a "Process by which a people or person adopts, willingly or by force, the culture of another person."
What is assimilation?
An Odawa nation Chief who led Indigenous groups to revolt against the British, in order to protect their rights and their land.
Who is Chief Pontiac.
The year that the Royal Proclamation was created.
What is 1763?
The year the Quebec Act was created.
What is 1774?
What group often protested Murray’s policies?
Who are the British Merchants?
What is a petition?
A formal written request sent to the government asking for change.
The first British governor of Quebec after the Conquest.
Who is James Murray?
Who created this document?
The British Government under King Charles III.
This person encouraged the King to create the Quebec Act.
Who is Guy Carleton?
Why were British merchants protesting?
They wanted more political power and British-style government.
French-speaking Catholic people living in the colony after the Conquest.
Who are the Canadiens?
This British governor was sent to replace the first Governor of Quebec due to a large number of petitions sent to England, but shortly after his arrival, he started to agree with the previous governors ideas.
Who is Guy Carleton?
Why was the Royal Proclamation created?
To establish British control and organize the new territory.
How did the Quebec Act change the territory of Quebec?
It expanded Quebec’s borders into the Ohio Valley
What did the Canadiens want from the government?
Protection of their religion, laws, and culture.
What are "Concessions"?
Compromises or changes made by a government to satisfy a group.
The King sent instructions to James Murray on how to assimilate the Canadiens... Name 1 instruction.
1. Promote British Immigration to make French the minority.
2. Prohibit entry of new Catholic priests into the colony.
3. Apply British Laws, and make English the language of administration.
According to the Royal Proclamation, what religion was favored in government?
The Protestant religion.
What religion did the Quebec Act now ALLOW?
The Catholic religion.
What year did Pontiac's revolts start?
1763.
A law requiring government officials to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and to renounce their Catholicism.
What is the Test Act?
The King needed this group to remain loyal in case of a war with the Thirteen Colonies, which is why he created the Quebec Act.
Who are the Canadiens?
What did the Royal Proclamation say about Indigenous lands?
Indigenous peoples land extended from Labrador sea to the Gulf of Mexico (All the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley).
Why did Britain pass the Quebec Act?
To gain the loyalty of the Canadiens and keep the colony stable.
In what year was Murray Called BACK to London?
1766.