🏛️ Chapter 3: Canada's History
3.2.2 A Tradition of Accommodation
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To govern the French Roman Catholic majority better, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act of 1774. It is one of the constitutional foundations of Canada. The Act fitted British institutions to the real situation in the province. It gave Catholics freedom of religion, and let them hold public office — something Catholics were not allowed to do in Britain at that time. It also brought back French civil law, while criminal law stayed British.
Key Facts
- Quebec Act of 1774: a constitutional foundation of Canada
- Gave religious freedom to Catholics and let them hold public office
- Catholics could not hold office in Britain itself at that time
- Restored French civil law but kept British criminal law
Test yourself on this topic
3 practice questions from “A Tradition of Accommodation”, each with the answer explained.
- What did the Quebec Act allow Roman Catholics to do?
- How did the Quebec Act treat the colony's two systems of law?
- What did the Quebec Act of 1774 change?
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