What were the reactions to the Quebec Act ?
 
In Quebec:
  • The French elite (seigneurs and clergy) were pleased as the seigneurs were allowed to keep their seigneurial system and allowed to sit on the appointed council.
  • The Catholic Church was pleased because they could again collect tithes and their freedom to worship was guaranteed.
  • The habitant farmers (censitaires) disliked the fact that they would again have to pay seigneurial dues and church tithes.
  • The British merchants disliked French civil laws and the British refusal to establish an elected legislative assembly.
In the 13 Colonies:
  • The Americans were angry because the Quebec Act stopped their westward expansion and allowed French Roman Catholic institutions in Quebec.
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