2. 13 Colonies and the Reaction to the Quebec Act
The 13 colonies  Upset because of « intolerable laws »
« Sugar tax »/ « Stamp Act »/ « tea tax » / Closing of the Boston Harbor / Quebec Act
 Intolerable = unacceptable
13 Colonies are done with this kind of treatment
 REVOLUTION!!!

4. 1775 : Invasion of the Province of Québec
1774 : 1st congress
George Washington in charge of American army
Americans wanted to recrut the « Canadiens »
1775 : Invasion of the province
Arnold et Montgomery battle in Quebec
Washington

5. Reactions to the invasion
Arnold
Montgomery

6. Quebec Act Invasion Action Clerge (French) Happy For England
Encourage « Canadiens » to join Brit. army
Seigneurs (French)
Against Americans
Enrole as officers in Brit. Army
« Montrealers »
Ambivalent
Divided for / against
Sympathtic of Americans but mostly stay loyal to Brit.
« Canadiens »
torn
Neutral / passive resistance
Don’t care all that much

7. Steps of the American Revolution
1776: USA declares independance (Thomas Jefferson)
1776 – 1783: American Revolutionary War
The French (from France) help the Americans win the war.
1783: Treaty of Versailles
USA becomes independent country
Province of Quebec looses Ohio valley

10. Territorial and Economic Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles 1783

11. 1. Territory change after the Treaty of Versailles 1783
United States
13 colonies
Ohio Valley
½ of the Great Lakes region (Southern)
England
Losses 13 colonies
Losses ½ of Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley
Keeps Province of Quebec
Keeps Ruperts Land
Keeps Nova Scotia and Newfoundland

12. Major Territory Change After T.O.V. -1783

13. Territory change after the Treaty of Versailles 1783
Province of Québec losses ½ of Great Lakes Region and Ohio Valley
Loss of very important territory for fur trade

14. 2. Fur trading network broken
Difficulties:
1) Los of the O.V. and G.L.
Waterway network broken  can’t get or transport furs as easily
Hurts Montreal, an important fur trading city

15. Fur trading network broken
Americans are sending furs to Philadelphia and N.Y.C
The Spanish are taking furs from the south West (West of Mississippi River)

16. Solution  Create another trading company
Start a company that focuses the fur trade in the North-West
The « North-West Company » 
Problem  Longer and further to get furs  price of fur rises significantly

19. 3. The Loyalists Who are the Loyalists?
Loyalists arrive in New Brunswick
Who are the Loyalists?
People from the 13 colonies that remained LOYAL to England
Refused independance

20. Loyalists arrive along the Great Lakes
The Loyalists
Why are the Loyalists moving to the Province of Quebec?
They are considered to be traitors by the American and suffered bad treatment
Others liked the economic opportunities in the P.O.Q.
Loyalists arrive along the Great Lakes

24. The Loyalists How many Loyalists are there?
leave USA in 15 years
to England
to Caribbean
in the British Colonies North of USA
Newfoundland
P.E.I.
Acadia (Nova Scotia / N.B.)
Province of Québec
Loyalists arrive at the Baie of Quinte

25. The Loyalists Where do the Loyalists go in the P.O.Q.? Montréal
Eastern Townships
West of the Ottawa River
Along the Great Lakes (Ontario, Erie, Huron)

26. The Loyalists What do the Loyalists complain about in the P.O.Q?
Living in a French territory  Law, language, religion….
No House of Assembly  Not democratic!

27. Les Loyalistes What are the demands of the Loyalists?
To live in a territory that is English with English laws!
A House of Assembly!!!