Canada's History
The Quebec Act of 1774 was significant because it:
- ○Expelled all French-speaking Canadians from the colony
- ✓Allowed French Canadians to keep their language, religion, and civil law
- ○Created the first elected assembly in New France
- ○Merged Upper and Lower Canada into one province
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Allowed French Canadians to keep their language, religion, and civil law
The Quebec Act of 1774 guaranteed French Canadians the right to practice Roman Catholicism, use French civil law, and maintain their language and customs, helping to preserve French Canadian culture under British rule.
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