Flashcards: Colonial Quebec: Power, Policies, and Identity — 24 cards

Louisbourg — role?

Main French military and administrative center in Ile Royal.

Ile Royal — location?

A strategic island territory hosting Louisbourg.

French power — exercised where?

Centered in Louisbourg, through military and governance.

British military rule — period?

1760 to 1763, temporary governance in Quebec.

British military rule — purpose?

Control Quebec after conquest before civilian government.

Proclamation of 1763 — aim?

To assimilate Quebec into British culture and laws.

Assimilation policies — target?

French Canadians, to impose British customs.

English Freehold — system?

Allows individuals to buy and sell land freely.

Treaties — function?

Formal agreements between parties, often land or political.

Canadiens — identity?

French-born residents maintaining French language and law.

Civil law — governs?

Property rights and citizen rights in Quebec.

Oath of Allegiance — purpose?

A loyalty pledge to the British Crown.

Quebec Act — established?

Biculturalism, religious freedom, and civil law.

Ethnocentrism — belief?

Cultural superiority over other groups.

Militia — role?

Local citizen soldiers for community defense.

Petitions — function?

Formal requests for political change or action.

Assemblies — power?

Elected bodies with limited authority under higher rejection.

Political concessions — purpose?

To gain local support under foreign occupation.

Louisbourg — significance?

Key to France’s North American military and trade power.

1760-63 — British rule?

Temporary military governance in Quebec.

Proclamation of 1763 — effect?

Attempted cultural and legal integration of Quebec.

Freehold vs Seigneurial?

Private land ownership vs feudal land system.

Treaties — importance?

Legal formalizations of political and land agreements.

Canadiens — legal tradition?

Governed by French civil law.