USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A few years later Parliament passed the Quebec Act of 1774, granting emancipation for the Catholic, French-speaking settlers of the province. The act repealed the loyalty oath and reinstated French civil law in combination with British criminal law.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Quebec Act received royal assent on 22 June 1774. It revoked the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which had aimed to assimilate the French-Canadian population under English rule. The Quebec Act was put into effect on 1 May 1775. It was passed to gain the loyalty of the French-speaking majority of the Province of Quebec.

Detailed explanation-3: -Quebec Act, act of the British Parliament in 1774 that vested the government of Quebec in a governor and council and preserved the French Civil Code, the seigneurial system of land tenure, and the Roman Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Quebec Act allowed French Catholics to obtain good jobs in the government. It also let the French practice their style of law. It gave more power to the Catholic Church too. Thanks to the Quebec Act, the Church could collect tithes (money) again.

Detailed explanation-5: -An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America. The Act removed the reference to the Protestant faith from the oath of allegiance, and guaranteed free practice of Catholicism and restored the Church’s power to impose tithes.