The Quebec Act was an act of the British Parliament enacted in 1774 to strengthen rule over the Canadian province of Quebec. The treaty strengthened Canada's loyalty to Britain, a loyalty that still supports the British monarch to become the monarch of Canada. Basic introduction Chinese name: Quebec Act Foreign name: The Quebec Act Purpose: To strengthen the rule of the Canadian province of Quebec Date of enactment: 1774 Enacting authority: Royal Proclamations, Acts of the British Parliament, American Revolutionary War, Royal Proclamation (1763-1774) Moderate rule of England under Royal Governor James Murray, traditional rights and customs of French Canadians Get guaranteed. In 1763, a Royal Proclamation united the three regions of Quebec into the Province of Quebec. The name "Quebec" was first used by the British to refer to an area outside Quebec City. The British tolerated the Catholic Church and protected Quebec's traditional social and economic fabric. The people of Quebec responded with the highest birth rate ever (65 births per 1,000 years), retaining French-language law within the British court system, all led by a British governor-general. This was done to satisfy the needs of pro-French settlers, although it was a nuisance to British traders. Acts The Quebec Act (1774) The Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the British Parliament that provided for the governance of Quebec. Among other things, the Act restored the use of French civil law in personal matters while retaining the use of English common law in public ***** governance (including criminal proceedings), replaced the oath of allegiance to the Protestant Church, which was no longer mentioned, and guaranteed the free exercise of the Catholic faith. The purpose of the act was to ensure the loyalty of French Canadians as they became increasingly dissatisfied with the American colonies. American Revolutionary War Invasion of Quebec (1775), Battle of Saratoga, and the Northern Theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga. In early 1775, with the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Quebec became the target of American troops trying to liberate the French from British rule. In September 1775, the Continental Army began a two-pronged campaign, with one army capturing Montreal and the other marching across what is now Maine toward Quebec City. In June 1776, large numbers of British and German troops arrived in New York, and American troops were driven back to New York. Before and during the American occupation of Quebec, both the Americans and the British waged a massive propaganda war in an attempt to gain popular support. The Americans succeeded in establishing two regiments in Quebec led by James Livingston and Moses Hazen, one of whom fought in the war. Hyson's Canadian II Corps participated in the Battle of Philadelphia and the Siege of Yorktown, including Edward Antill, a New Yorker living in Quebec City, as well as Clement Gosselin, Germaine Dion et al. At the Battle of the Chesapeake, Louis-Philippe de Vaudreuil led the French navy to prevent the British navy from reaching Yorktown, Virginia. After General John Burgoyne lost control of the Hudson River in 1777, Quebec was used as a base for American military operations in the north until the end of the war. After the war, loyalists fled the United States in large numbers. Many people settled in parts of Ontario. These settlers finally tried to get rid of the French-speaking Quebecers, which happened in 1791.