Britain Takes Over: British North America 1763-1867 – Canadian History Grade 11
Slide Two Governing the colonies
• At first, the British didn’t really ‘shake things up’.
• After the _______________________________, the status quo, or the same standard the French had been
used to was maintained.
• But in 1763 things changed….
Slide Three Royal Proclamation, 1763
• _______________________________________ made these changes: o The Western land is reserved for
Indian territory
o They reduced the size of Quebec
o They introduced government by governor and council both ________________ by the _______________
King
o Allowed to continue speaking their French language
Slide Four Royal Proclamation Con’t…
• The official religion changed from Roman Catholic to Church of England (__________)
• The French people were promised, but never received an elected assembly
Slide Five Royal Proclamation Con’t…
• French laws were abolished
• The __________________________________________ was introduced
• **Overall, it was an imposition of ____________________ on the French**
• AKA = Assimilation of the French into English Culture
Slide Six- Discussion/Response (answer on looseleaf)
► What kind of tensions do you think existed between the French and the English?
► If you were a Canadien in British North America, how would you feel about the British Royal
Proclamation Act?
Slide Seven The Quebec Act, 1774
• In _______, the Quebec Act was introduced
• Due to a lack of enthusiasm from the French about the Royal Proclamation
• Purpose? : __________________________________ in case the American Revolutionary wars spread north,
Britain enacted a milder (more ‘_______________________’) system of government
Slide 8 The Quebec Act Cont…
 This act _____________________________: which made the soon to be US Patriots angry!!!
(Patriot = those wanting to separate from their Mother Country’s Power of Britain)
Slide 9- The Quebec Act Cont….
 Guaranteed French Language Rights
 Opened up appointments on the council to French Canadians
 Established __________________________ for French-Canadians
 Re-instated the seigniorial system (as opposed to feudal)
Slide 10- The size of Quebec before and after the Quebec Act of 1774
See Figures 4-6 on pp. 113 and 4-9 on pp. 115
Slide 11 Overall
 French Seigneurs and Roman Catholics = Happy
 British residents living in Quebec and the 13 colonies….not so much….
Slide 12 Constitutional Act 1791
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Finally, in 1791 British changed things again
Divided the colony into 2 sections:
_______________ Canada (now ONT) and
_______________ Canada (now QUE)
Slide 13 Constitutional Act cont.
 Recognized 2 dominant groups in the colony
 Each area had a separate _______________ Governor
and Council
 Each had an _______________________________
 It provided a British legal and land holding system for Upper Canada
 Preserved French Catholic rights in lower Canada
Slide 14- Historical Significance
 These laws, standards laid framework for modern society
o e.g. Capitalism/(free) private enterprise
o English as main language
o System of government modeled after Britain still seen today in Canada