The Quebec Act

After the British took control of New France England had a difficult decision on how to govern their new citizens who are not loyal to the British Crown. Due to the fact that England was a protestant country and Quebec was almost exclusively Roman Catholic the crown decided to pass the Quebec Act into Law. This law allowed the people of New France to continue to practice Catholicism. It also allowed aspects of French law to be implemented into the legal system of colonial Quebec.  The Quebec also granted additional land to the people of Quebec.

King George III passed this act for numerous reasons. He figured that he could gain the loyalty of the wealthy seigneurs (New France Land Owners). He also thought that this would help should the thirteen colonies rebel that the province of Quebec would stay loyal to the Crown.

The Quebec act was considered one of the “intolerable acts” and ended up being one of the causes of the revolution. Americans were angry that they could not use the land that they thought they had won in the seven years’ war.