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Impacts on Quebec
By 1790 10% of Quebec’s population was made up of British Loyalists (that’s a substantial amount!)
How will this affect Quebec?• tensions rise• Loyalists want British laws and
customs• Canadiens were concerned about how
well the rights granted to them by the Quebec Act would be protected
Impacts on Quebec (continued)
In Quebec Loyalists were petitioning for British laws and customs in place of French
Britain owed Loyalists for supporting them in the American Revolution
Britain also wanted to secure the goodwill of the new Loyalist settlers
Britain wanted both to remain their supporters in the face of further uprisings from America
Impacts on Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia was already mainly settled by British after the deportation of Acadians
So when the Loyalists migrated they assimilated well into this society
However, due to the fact that many Loyalists established their own settlements away from the already existing British settlers in Nova Scotia, they eventually petitioned for recognition from Britain as a separate colony
Impacts on First Nations
• What was Britain previously trying to do when negotiating with First Nations?• Peace and
Friendship
• After Loyalist migrations into Canada, they shifted to negotiating for … • Land
Impacts on First Nations
(continued)
• British Government did negotiate for land in what was outlined as “Indian Territory” in the Royal Proclamation of 1763
• However this did not always happen:• Loyalists moving to
Acadia found little good farm land
• Why?• They started to push
into Mi’kmaq territory• The British
Government allowed this• Reason Mi’kmaq
were not in “Indian Territory”
The First Nations people lost a huge amount of their land as well as areas that were their traditional hunting and fishing grounds.
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Britain’s Decision
• Establish the colonies of New Brunswick, St. John’s Island, and Cape Breton Island
• Reorganize Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada• Lower Canada, east of
Montreal French custom and laws
• Upper Canada, west of Montreal British custom and laws
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Britain’s Decision(continued)
• Britain also:• set aside lands for
Protestant Churches• guaranteed Canadiens the
right to Catholic religion• Established officials and
legislative councils in each colony
• Every person in Canada now had a “representative government”• That would be elected
by only advised a British appointed governor