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MODULE 3 THE CONQUEST AND THE START OF BRITISH RULE
(Classification and chronological activities)
1. CLASSIFY THE DATA BELOW ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGORIES: A) The Conquest of New France
1. Between 1760 and 1763 a military government was set up to keep order in New France. 2. France ceded New France and its surrounding territories to Britain. 3. The arrival of the Loyalists increased the proportion of English-speaking people in the Province of Quebec. 4. The Canadiens were obliged to take the oath set out in the Test Act if they wanted to hold public office. 5. A major reason for the conquest of New France was that its large territory was occupied by very few people. 6. Montreal merchants, shut off from the Ohio Valley, founded the North -West Company. 7. The Canadiens lost control over the fur trade and resorted to farming. 8. The St. Lawrence Valley is now known as the Province of Quebec. 9. To secure the Canadiens' loyalty to England, Governor Carleton convinced London to grant certain concessions to the French population of the Province of Quebec. 10. For the first time in its history, the French population was governed by British administrators. 11. The Thirteen Colonies became the United States of America. 12. French civil law, as embodied in the Custom of Paris, was now re-established. 13. Its aim was to assimilate the Canadiens and make them British. 14. The boundaries of the Province of Quebec stretched from Labrador to the Ohio Valley. 15. The Loyalists settled in the Eastern Townships. 16. The English and the French fought over the furs in the Great Lakes region and the territories of the Ohio Valley. 17. It set up a civilian government to replace the military governnment. 18. The English merchants were pleased to have the territory to the west but were furious about being denied an elected assembly. 19. It allowed people to freely practise the Roman Catholic religion. 20. Although the English merchants may have synpathized with the American invasion they stuck with the British because of commercial interests. |
| 2. CLASSIFY THE DATA BELOW
ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING THREE CATEGORIES :
A) Social B) Political C) Economic
1. The economy of New France was held back by mercantilist policies. 2. By 1760, the population of New France numbered about 70 000. 3. Some 6000 Loyalists left the United States to find new homes in the Province of Quebec. 4. The Northwest Company was set up by Montreal based fur traders in the years after the Americans gained their independence from Britain. 5. The Royal Proclamation set up a civilian government consisting of an appointed governor and council to replace the military government. 6. The British government raised taxes in the 13 Colonies to pay for the costly war against France. 7. Britain recognized the United States as an independent country. 8. The Quebec Act allowed people to freely practise the Roman Catholic religion. 9. At the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France gave up all her claims to territory on the continent. 10. In October 1763, the Royal Proclamation was issued creating the Province of Quebec. 11. Following the Conquest, the Canadiens had to get used to people with different laws, language, and religion. 12. James Murray decided not to have an elected assembly because it would have favoured English merchants. 13. During the War of the Conquest, the fur trade had been ruined and agriculture neglected. 14. The laws of England, which applied to Quebec, prohibited Roman Catholics from holding public office. |
| 3. Following are some significant
dates in the History of Quebec and Canada from the fall of New France up
to the arrival of the Loyalists:
1759, 1783, 1774, 1775, February 1763, 1760-63, October 1763 MATCH THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TO THE ABOVE DATES . 1. Royal Proclamation _____ 2. Quebec Act _____ 3. Treaty of Versailles _____ 4. The American invasion of Montreal _____ 5. British military government _____ 6. The fall of Montreal _____ 7. Treaty of Paris _____
4. PLACE THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN THEIR CORRECT CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
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1. CLASSIFY THE DATA BELOW ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGORIES:
A) The Conquest of New France
B) Political: 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14
C) Economic: 2, 3, 11
1. Royal Proclamation October 1763
2. Quebec Act 1774
3. Treaty of Versailles 1783
4. The American invasion of Montreal 1775
5. British military government 1760-63
6. The fall of Montreal 1759
7. Treaty of Paris February 1763
4. PLACE THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN THEIR CORRECT CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.