unit 3 - the conquest and change of empire

Question 1

who won the war of conquest

Answer 1

british

Question 2

french surrendered, however, they created conditions to their surrender, what was this called

Answer 2

article of capitulation

Question 3

what were points from the article of capitulation

Answer 3

• french soldiers had to put down their arms
• french were allowed to return to France
• french were allowed to practice Catholicism
• french were allowed to speak their language
• french were not deported and allowed to keep their property
• french were allowed to keep their laws and traditions
• church tax was abolished

Question 4

when was the article of capitulation established

Answer 4

1763

Question 5

what is a military regime

Answer 5

provisional government that was set up until a formal peace was signed in Europe

Question 6

when was the treaty of Paris signed

Answer 6

1763

Question 7

what was the purpose of the treaty of Paris

Answer 7

ended the seven-year war and made great Britains win official. france gave new- France to Britain.

Question 8

when was the royal proclamation?

Answer 8

issued a few months after the treaty of Paris, 1763

Question 9

when was Quebec the smallest

Answer 9

during the royal proclamation

Question 10

why did the British gvt wanna keep the British and natives separate

Answer 10

because of growing tensions

Question 11

what did the royal proclamation change

Answer 11

• abolished the military regime and set up a civilian government
• English criminal law and civil law was in place

Question 12

who was the first governor general 1763

Answer 12

james Murray

Question 13

what was the role of the governor general

Answer 13

held all the power. appointed a 12 member council to help him

Question 14

what did George III do to help the governor general

Answer 14

sent instructions to him on how to administer the colony

Question 15

what were the instructions sent from George to James Murray

Answer 15

• english would be the language of administration
• apply English civil and criminal law
• establish Anglican church
• impose test act
• build a protestant school

Question 16

what is the test act

Answer 16

an oath the Canadians had to swear if they wanted to work in the British administration

Question 17

what were the results of the British conquest

Answer 17

• canadians lived in the smaller territory
• canadians were subjects of the British
• no more immigrants can come from France

Question 18

what did most French Canadians do

Answer 18

they lived on the seigneuries and farmed the land

Question 19

what did most English Canadians do

Answer 19

worked in business and administering towns

Question 20

what did the military regime abolish

Answer 20

royal government

Question 21

what were the new measures for the Canadians under the military regime

Answer 21

• French militaries had to lay down their weapons
• had to swear to an oath of allegiance
• French criminal law was abolished

Question 22

what were the retained rights for the Canadians under the military regime

Answer 22

• could continue to their own land and property
• could practice Catholicism
• French institutions were kept
• The French language was kept as the language of administration

Question 23

because of the trey of Paris, what territories did France lose

Answer 23

• all territory in North America

- except for islands of St Pierre and Miquelon

Question 24

what territorial changes happened because if the royal proclamation

Answer 24

parts of new France became Quebec

all land to the west was called native territory

Question 25

in regards to the government, what did the royal proclamation promise

Answer 25

promised to create a legislative assembly at a later date

Question 26

in 1761 what did general Amherst do in relation to natives

Answer 26

put an end to certain native practices. British subjects wanted to subjicate the natives