quartering act 1774 Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/quartering-act-1774 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:24:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 American Quebec Act 1774 http://travelsfinders.com/american-quebec-act-1774.html http://travelsfinders.com/american-quebec-act-1774.html#respond Sun, 08 May 2016 22:03:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=203891 Passed by Parliament on June 22, 1774, the Quebec Act attempted to secure the political allegiance of Britain’s new Catholic Canadian subjects acquired as a result of the Seven Years’ War with France by offering them broad civil and religious rights. Responding to the petitions of French Canadians (who were angered by their harsh treatment under appointed British Protestant magistrates) and the urgings of Guy Carleton, governor of Canada, Parliament adopted the bill’s liberal provisions. The Quebec Act extended the boundaries of Quebec north to Hudson Bay territory, east to the Labrador coast, south to the Ohio River, and west

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