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*At the end of the seven-year in 1763, '''French and Indian War''', France ceded its North American possessions to '''Great Britain''' and renamed Canada as the '''Province of Quebec'''. | *At the end of the seven-year in 1763, '''French and Indian War''', France ceded its North American possessions to '''Great Britain''' and renamed Canada as the '''Province of Quebec'''. | ||
*At the end of the American Revolution, '''10,000 Loyalists arrived at Quebec in 1784'''. The swelling numbers of English encouraged them to make greater demands for recognition with the colonial government. Loyalists soon petitioned the government to be allowed to use the British legal system they were used to in the American colonies. The creation of '''Upper (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1791''' allowed most Loyalists to live under British laws and institutions, while the French-speaking population of Lower Canada could maintain their familiar French civil law and the Catholic religion. <ref>"Quebec", in Wikiedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec, accessed 16 October 2020.</ref> | *At the end of the American Revolution, '''10,000 Loyalists arrived at Quebec in 1784'''. The swelling numbers of English encouraged them to make greater demands for recognition with the colonial government. Loyalists soon petitioned the government to be allowed to use the British legal system they were used to in the American colonies. The creation of '''Upper (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1791''' allowed most Loyalists to live under British laws and institutions, while the French-speaking population of Lower Canada could maintain their familiar French civil law and the Catholic religion. <ref>"Quebec", in Wikiedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec, accessed 16 October 2020.</ref> | ||
== Chronological History of Quebec == | |||
The following important events affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements. | The following important events affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements. | ||