The Royal Proclamation and the Quebec Act (7 oct. 1763 – 22 juin 1774)

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The Royal Proclamation was a government act passed in 1763, that was created for use as a guideline for governance of North America. It created Quebec, which held a majority French-Catholic population, and was an area for them to live in. (Belshaw, p.216) It also created a way for the British to begin negotiating with Indigenous peoples and tribes for land. It helped the First Nations integrate more with British people, and also gave the British a French-British colony. (Watson, The American Revolution and British Loyalist Settlement, slide 9) This Royal Proclamation also recognized the First Nations people as people for one of the first times in a written document. While it was not on the same level as British or French, the title ‘Aboriginal’ was allowed when speaking about First Nations. (Belshaw, p. 258) Not long after this was signed, another document was written, called the Quebec Act. This document was meant to enlarge the borders of France’s Canadian territories, restored French civil law in the province, gave Catholics religious freedom and allowed those Catholics to have power in public life. (Watson, The American Revolution and British Loyalist Settlement, slide 10) I believe that the Royal Proclamation and Quebec Act were very important parts of Canadian history, as they were the first set of documents signed in a large wave of British conquest over North America. They jump started the British control over much of the Eastern part of Canada and showed the British that there was a lot to be had from this set of land they just recieved. It also created the first Province of Canada, Quebec. This gave the British power over not only those they would send to Canada, but also of some of the French that had been in Canada a lot longer than many of the British.

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