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The Quebec Act of 1774 was passed by the British Parliament. The act, among other things, legalized the Catholic religion in Quebec and also granted Quebec independent power to govern itself. Both were viewed as threats to the American Colonies; many colonists feared Catholics and by 1774 the American Colonies were continually being stripped of their authority and power to govern themselves. They viewed Quebec as being set up as a launching point for the British military.

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Colonists called the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts collectively the?

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What pleased French Canadians but infuriated American colonists?

The Quebec Act!


Why did the colonist worry about Quebec act?

Colonists believed it was a threat to their self-government.


Why did colonists object to this act?

Because they had no repersentation


Why did the Quebec act anger the colonist?

The Quebec Acts gave the British territory of Quebec (a formerly French territory) numerous rights and privileges designed to prevent resentment by French settlers in the region. They, however, did tie Quebec closer to England, a fate the colonists were afraid awaited them next.


What phrase in the declaration of independence refers to the Quebec act?

In the Declaration of Independence, the phrase that refers to the Quebec Act is "for abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government." This phrase criticizes the Quebec Act for extending Quebec's territory and imposing a system of governance that undermined colonial self-governance and the rights of the American colonists.


Why did colonists object to the sugar act and the stamp act?

Because they were being taxed immensely on common goods.


Why did the colonists object the sugar act?

they got only paid some of their taxes


What are four acts of parliament and their effects on the colonists?

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The laws knows as The Intolerable Acts were the coercive acts and the?

In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts and seen by the colonists as one of the Intolerable Acts.


Was Paul Revere a Catholic?

Probably not. He published a cartoon in 1774 ("The Mitered Minuet") denouncing the Quebec Act, which portrayed Catholic bishops dancing around the document while the Devil looked on in the background. The purpose of the cartoon was to incite the colonists to act against the newly expanded territory of Quebec, which was predominantly Catholic.


Why did the colonist object the stamp act?

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