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Quebec was to be governed  by an appointive governor and council without benefit of a representative legislative  body, and all acts were subject to royal veto.  There was no provision for democracy or self-government of any kind, let alone the variety that was flourishing in the 13 colonies.

Quebec was to be governed  by an appointive governor and council without benefit of a representative legislative  body, and all acts were subject to royal veto.  There was no provision for democracy or self-government of any kind, let alone the variety that was flourishing in the 13 colonies.

==Background==

==Background==

After the [[Seven Years' War]], a victorious [[Great Britain]] achieved a peace agreement through the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Under the terms of the treaty, the Kingdom of France chose to keep the rich sugar islands and gave up its vast North American territories east of the Mississippi River known as [[New France]].  New France was then considered less valuable, as its only significant commercial product at the time was beaver pelts. The territory located along the [[St. Lawrence River]], called ''Canada'' by the French, was renamed Province of [[Quebec]] by the British.

After the [[Seven Years' War]], a victorious [[Great Britain]] achieved a peace agreement through the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Under the terms of the treaty, the Kingdom of France chose to keep the rich sugar islands of [[Haiti|St. Domingue]], [[Martinique]] and [[Guadaloupe]] and gave up its vast North American territories east of the Mississippi River known as [[New France]].  New France was then considered less valuable, as its only significant commercial product at the time was [[beaver]] pelts. The territory located along the [[St. Lawrence River]], called ''[[Canada]]'' by the French, was renamed Province of [[Quebec]] by the British.

With unrest growing in the American colonies to the south, which in adecade grfew into the [[American Revolution]], the British were worried that the French Canadians might also support the growing rebellion. In order to secure the allegiance of the approximately 70,000 French Canadians to the British crown, first Governor James Murray and later Governor [[Guy Carleton]] promoted the need for action. There was a need to compromise between the conflicting demands of the new subjects and that of the newly arrived British subjects. London intended to win over the French-Canadians clergy and landowners by guaranteeing the Catholic religion and reestablishing French civil law in Quebec.  

With unrest growing in the American colonies to the south, which in a decade grew into the [[American Revolution]], the British were worried that the French Canadians might also support the growing rebellion. In order to secure the allegiance of the approximately 70,000 French Canadians to the British crown, first Governor James Murray and later Governor [[Guy Carleton]] promoted the need for action. There was a need to compromise between the conflicting demands of the new subjects and that of the newly arrived British subjects. London intended to win over the French-Canadians clergy and landowners by guaranteeing the Catholic religion and reestablishing French civil law in Quebec.

==Effects on the Province of Quebec==

==Effects on the Province of Quebec==