Intolerable+Acts

=THE INTOLERABLE ACTS=

The Quebec Act By: Matt The Quebec Act was the final act in the Intolerable Acts. Great Britain got control of Quebec in 1763 when the Treaty of Paris was established. This act stated that the boundaries of the Quebec province would be extended west of the Allegheny River, north of Ohio, and East of the Mississippi. There are many reasons that people argue over why the British passed this law. The King of Britain also sent over a council to help assist the governor if any American tried to resist this act.

Some people say that it was inspired by liberalism, and others say that it was to preserve the loyalty of the French Canadians if the Americans were to revolt The Americans hated this act a lot. The colonist thought that this act was just to give them less land to settle. Land in the colonies was one of the most important things so this was one of the main reasons that they had the first meeting of the Continental Congress. The colonist were already upset about the proclamation line and this act said that Quebec had control even more east of the Mississippi so this made them even more angrier. The Quebec Act just gave the colonists another good reason to want freedom.

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Great Britain strongly enforced Catholicism. You can tell how much the boundaries increased when Great Britain started to rule Quebec.

Primary Source Document:

It is hereby declared, That His Majesty's Subjects professing the Religion of the Church of Rome, of, and in the said Province of **Quebec**, may have, hold, and enjoy, the free Exercise of the Religion of the Church of Rome, subject to the King's Supremacy, declared and established by an **Act** made in the First Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, over all the Dominions and Countries which then did, or thereafter should, belong to the Imperial Crown of this Realm; and that the Clergy of the said Church may hold, receive, and enjoy their accustomed Dues and Rights, with respect to such Persons only as shall profess the said Religion.

This section of the Quebec Act states that only people that follow the religion of the Church of Rome are allowed to exercise their rights. If you did were not Christian then you could not have rights such as owning a business and other things that we are used to doing here. The Muslims, Jews, and other religions were thought of as outsiders in the colonies. You can see from this excerpt that Christianity was a very dominant religion. Works Cited:

"The Quebec Act." Quebec Act (2009): 1. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 4 Jan. 2011.

"Quebec Act." //Encyclopedia Americana.// Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 4 Jan. 2011.

Stanley, George F. G. "Quebec Act." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 5 Jan. 2011.

Poem: The colonies have no land Just grass and sand We cannot practice any religion we want I wish we were free in Vermont Now I wait for freedom That would be pretty awesome