Province of Quebec

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British colony former administrative territorial entity

The Province of Quebec was a British colonial territory in North America that encompassed much of present-day Quebec and parts of surrounding regions following the Seven Years' War.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony → former administrative territorial entity →
borderedBy	Hudson's Bay Company territories → Thirteen Colonies →
capital	Quebec City →
continent	North America →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
demographics	majority French-speaking population → minority English-speaking population →
endCause	Constitutional Act 1791 →
endTime	1791 →
establishedBy	Royal Proclamation of 1763 →
governmentType	British colonial administration →
grantedRight	free practice of Catholicism (Quebec Act) → use of French civil law (Quebec Act) →
hasColonialStatus	royal colony →
historyPeriod	post-Seven Years' War era →
includes	territory around Great Lakes region (part) → territory of Labrador (part, at various times) → territory of present-day Ontario (part) → territory of present-day Quebec →
keyCity	Montreal → Quebec City →
keyRiver	Saint Lawrence River →
legalSystem	English common law (criminal) → French civil law (private law, after Quebec Act) →
locatedIn	British America → North America →
militarySignificance	strategic control of St. Lawrence River →
namedAfter	Quebec →
officialLanguage	English → French →
partOf	British Empire → British North America →
precededBy	New France →
religion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
replacedBy	Lower Canada → Upper Canada →
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War → Invasion of Quebec (1775) → Quebec Act 1774 →
startTime	1763 →
startTimeEvent	Treaty of Paris (1763) → end of the Seven Years' War →
successorTerritoryIncludes	modern Canadian province of Quebec → part of modern province of Ontario →
usedCurrency	British pound → Spanish dollar (widely circulated) →

Referenced by (78)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
City of Montreal Council → La Cité-Limoilou → La Haute-Saint-Charles → Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute ("Quebec") → Old Quebec → Port of Montreal → Quebec City Hall → Société de transport de Montréal → Île Notre-Dame →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Great Lakes ("Quebec") → New Hampshire Colony → New York ("Quebec") → Province of Massachusetts Bay → Province of New Hampshire → Province of New York →	borderedBy
McGill University Health Centre ("Quebec") → Mont D’Iberville ("Quebec") → Montreal ("Quebec") → Montreal → Quebec City ("Quebec") → Schulich School of Music ("Quebec") →	locatedIn
Charter of the City of Montreal → Quebec Act → Quebec Civil Code → Quebec health system →	jurisdiction
CMM → Papineau → Pointe-Claire →	countrySubdivision
Constitutional Act 1791 → Royal Proclamation of 1763 →	appliesToTerritory
Invasion of Quebec (1775) → Loyalist militias →	location
Mirabel → Nunavik →	partOf
Invasion of Quebec (1775) →	belligerent
Les Rivières →	belongsTo
Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border →	betweenSubnationalUnits
Labrador ("Quebec") →	borders
Ontario ("Quebec") →	bordersProvince
Quebec City ("Quebec") →	capitalOf
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact →	cooperatesWith
Quebec Pavilion →	countrySubsidizedBy
Upper Canada →	createdFrom
Richard Montgomery →	deathPlace
Constitutional Act 1791 →	divided
Quebec Act →	expandedTerritoryOf
Canadian Shield ("Quebec") →	extendsAcross
Lower Canada ("Province of Quebec (1763–1791)") →	followed
Address to the People of Quebec →	geographicalContext
Kingdom of Great Britain →	hadColony
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	hasLocation
British America →	hasPart
British Canada →	includes
Southern Canada ("Quebec") →	includesPartOf
Rupert's Land ("Quebec (parts)") →	includesPresentDayTerritoryOf
Montreal ("Quebec") →	isCulturalCenterOf
Montreal ("Quebec") →	isEconomicCenterOf
Mont D’Iberville ("Quebec") →	isHighestPointOf
Montreal ("Quebec") →	isLargestCityOf
National Assembly of Quebec →	legislativeBodyFor
Hudson Bay region ("Quebec") →	locatedInAdministrativeArea
Quebec City Council →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
French Empire ("Quebec") →	majorColony
Dominion of Canada ("Quebec") →	originalProvince
Appalachian Mountains ("Quebec") →	passesThrough
Saint Anne ("Quebec") →	patronage
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio →	previouslyPartOf
McGill University ("Quebec") →	province
1993 NHL All-Star Game ("Quebec") →	provinceOrState
Schulich School of Music ("Quebec") →	region
Lower Canada ("Province of Quebec (1763–1791)") →	replaced
Province of Quebec ("Lower Canada") →	replacedBy
Quebec Pavilion →	representedEntity
Irish Canadian ("Quebec") →	settlementRegion
New France →	successorState
Rupert's Land ("Province of Quebec (expanded area)") →	successorTerritory
French colonial empire ("Quebec") →	territory
Claudine ("Quebec") →	usageRegion