British colonial authorities in Quebec

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British colonial authorities in Quebec were the representatives of the British Crown who governed the province after its conquest from France, overseeing political administration, legal reforms, and relations with key institutions such as the Roman Catholic Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial administration
colonial government
appliesLegalSystem English criminal law
French civil law (after Quebec Act 1774)
appliesToJurisdiction Canada
Canada East
Lower Canada
Province of Quebec
Province of Quebec
surface form: Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
country Great Britain
endTime 1867
followed French colonial authorities in New France
guaranteedRight free practice of Catholicism (Quebec Act 1774)
use of French civil law in private matters
hasDuties defence of the colony
implementation of British imperial policy
maintenance of public order
management of relations with the Roman Catholic Church
oversight of legal reforms
political administration of the colony
regulation of trade and commerce
headOfGovernment Governor General of the Province of Quebec
surface form: Governor General of British North America

Governor of Quebec
includesOffice appointed legislative assembly members (pre-responsible government)
executive council
governor
legislative council
lieutenant governor
interactsWith British merchant class in Quebec and Montreal
French Canadian seigneurial elite
Indigenous nations in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region
languageOfWork English
legalForm royal colony
notableOfficeHolder Charles Metcalfe
Frederick Haldimand
George Prevost
Guy Carleton
James Murray
Lord Durham
partOf British Empire
policy accommodation of French language and Catholic religion
control of colonial legislature
encouragement of British settlement
promotion of loyalty to the British Crown
recognizedReligion Church of England
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
replacedBy provincial government of Quebec under Canadian Confederation
significantEvent Act of Union 1840
British campaign against New France
surface form: Conquest of New France

Constitutional Act 1791
Quebec Act
surface form: Quebec Act 1774

Rebellions of 1837–1838
surface form: Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Lower Canada

Royal Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris (1763)
startTime 1763

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Roman Catholic Church in Quebec historicalRelationshipWith British colonial authorities in Quebec
Commander-in-Chief, North America significantEvent British colonial authorities in Quebec
this entity surface form: British military administration of Quebec after 1763
Battle of Saint-Charles opponentOf British colonial authorities in Quebec
this entity surface form: British colonial administration in Lower Canada
Patriote movement opposedBy British colonial authorities in Quebec
this entity surface form: British colonial government in Lower Canada