Quebec Act

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Act of Parliament of Great Britain British colonial law

The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Quebec Act 1774	2
An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America	1
Quebec Act 1774 in respect to governmental structure	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ British colonial law ⓘ
affected	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
aimedTo	secure loyalty of French Canadians ⓘ
allowed	Catholics to hold public office in Quebec ⓘ
altered	system of colonial governance in Quebec ⓘ
angered	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: American colonists
classifiedAs	Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Intolerable Acts (by American colonists)
contributedTo	American Revolutionary sentiment ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateEnacted	1774 ⓘ
didNotProvide	elected legislative assembly for Quebec ⓘ
established	governor and appointed council for Quebec ⓘ
expandedTerritoryOf	Province of Quebec ⓘ
expandedTerritoryToInclude	Illinois frontier ⓘ surface form: Illinois Country Ohio Country ⓘ lands north of the Ohio River ⓘ lands south of the Great Lakes ⓘ territory west to the Mississippi River ⓘ
followedBy	Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Act 1791 (as later reorganization of Quebec)
guaranteed	free practice of Roman Catholicism in Quebec ⓘ
historicalPeriod	prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
impactOn	boundary claims of American colonies ⓘ
jurisdiction	Province of Quebec ⓘ
languageOfLaw	English ⓘ
legalStatusOfReligion	toleration of Roman Catholicism in Quebec ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
maintained	English criminal law in Quebec ⓘ
monarchDuringEnactment	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III
perceivedAs	model of imperial governance without representative assembly ⓘ threat to Protestantism by many American colonists ⓘ
protected	seigneurial landholding system in Quebec ⓘ
recognized	French civil law in private matters ⓘ Roman Catholic Church in Quebec ⓘ
region	British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ surface form: British North America
relatedToEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
removed	Test Oath requirement for Catholics in Quebec ⓘ
repealed	Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ surface form: Royal Proclamation of 1763 (in part)
restored	collection of tithes by the Catholic Church in Quebec ⓘ
subjectOf	controversy in British North America ⓘ
title	Quebec Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Continental Congress → cause → Quebec Act ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → criticizes → Quebec Act ⓘ

Intolerable Acts → hasPart → Quebec Act ⓘ

Constitutional Act 1791 → predecessor → Quebec Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quebec Act 1774

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → protests → Quebec Act ⓘ

Invasion of Quebec (1775) → relatedTo → Quebec Act ⓘ

Constitutional Act 1791 → replaced → Quebec Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quebec Act 1774 in respect to governmental structure

British North American colonies (except some territories) → significantEvent → Quebec Act ⓘ

Province of Quebec → significantEvent → Quebec Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quebec Act 1774

Quebec Act → title → Quebec Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America