Growing DiscontentGrowing Discontent

Lecture 6Lecture 6

A Crises of EmpireA Crises of Empire

• Growing debt from the Seven Year’s War. English wanted the American colonists to pay.

• Royal Proclamation 1763• Sugar and Stamp Act (1764)• No taxation without representation• Townshend Act/Duties (1766)• Boston Massacre (1770)• Boston Tea Party (1773)• Coercive Acts (1774)• Quebec Act (1774)

• Growing debt from the Seven Year’s War. English wanted the American colonists to pay.

• Royal Proclamation 1763• Sugar and Stamp Act (1764)• No taxation without representation• Townshend Act/Duties (1766)• Boston Massacre (1770)• Boston Tea Party (1773)• Coercive Acts (1774)• Quebec Act (1774)

An Overview of eventsAn Overview of events

The BostonTea PartyThe BostonTea Party

Quebec Act 1774Quebec Act 1774

• The Quebec Act, 1774, brought some measure of peace to the province - although British merchants kept campaigning for English law and an elected Assembly.

• These campaigns might have been ignored if it were not for the event that rocked the continent: the American Revolution.

• The United Empire Loyalists that poured into Quebec following this event changed the politics of the province forever.

• The Quebec Act, 1774, brought some measure of peace to the province - although British merchants kept campaigning for English law and an elected Assembly.

• These campaigns might have been ignored if it were not for the event that rocked the continent: the American Revolution.

• The United Empire Loyalists that poured into Quebec following this event changed the politics of the province forever.

• Among other things, these documents:• Expanded the boundaries of Quebec, particularly to

the south.• Allowed free practice of Catholic faith in Quebec.• Replaced the oath to Elizabeth I and her heirs (with

references to Protestant faith) with one to George III (and no reference to Protestant faith).

• Allowed the practice of civil law to continue.• It did not call for an assembly, allowing the governor

to continue ruling with his council.

• Among other things, these documents:• Expanded the boundaries of Quebec, particularly to

the south.• Allowed free practice of Catholic faith in Quebec.• Replaced the oath to Elizabeth I and her heirs (with

references to Protestant faith) with one to George III (and no reference to Protestant faith).

• Allowed the practice of civil law to continue.• It did not call for an assembly, allowing the governor

to continue ruling with his council.

Continued ProtestsContinued Protests

• The Quebec Act satisfied the Canadian inhabitants of Quebec, and some of the demands of the British merchants, but did not lead to representative government.

• In the Thirteen Colonies, however, the Quebec Act was quickly denounced as one of the "Intolerable Acts," objecting to the limits it set on westward expansion.

• British merchants in Quebec continued to demand representative government through a House of Assembly.

• The Quebec Act satisfied the Canadian inhabitants of Quebec, and some of the demands of the British merchants, but did not lead to representative government.

• In the Thirteen Colonies, however, the Quebec Act was quickly denounced as one of the "Intolerable Acts," objecting to the limits it set on westward expansion.

• British merchants in Quebec continued to demand representative government through a House of Assembly.

The American Revolution

The American Revolution

• The United States declared independence on July 4, 1776.

• The American Continental Congress attempted to convince Canadians to join them in a poorly-worded letter, but French Canadians chose to stay neutral.

• This was attributed in part to the Quebec Act, 1774, which protected the Catholic faith and the social hierarchy - something they doubted that Americans would do.

• The United States declared independence on July 4, 1776.

• The American Continental Congress attempted to convince Canadians to join them in a poorly-worded letter, but French Canadians chose to stay neutral.

• This was attributed in part to the Quebec Act, 1774, which protected the Catholic faith and the social hierarchy - something they doubted that Americans would do.