The Quebec Act June 1774

0.0(0)
studied byStudied by 0 people
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/3

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

4 Terms

1
New cards

When was the Quebec Act?

June 1774

2
New cards

What did it try to solve?

It was an ill-timed effort to solve the problem of governing the French inhabitants of Canada that was seen by Americans as confirmation of evil British designs.

3
New cards

What did the act do?

it placed authority in the hands of a governor without an elected assembly and limited trial by jury.

4
New cards

What did it suggest to the colonists?

Britain intended to put the whole of North America under authoritarian forms of government. Moreover, the extension of the Quebec boundary south and west to the Ohio and Mississippi looked like an attempt to check westward expansion by the thirteen original colonies.