Coercive Acts and Quebec Act

It was the Tea Act. This act stated that only the British East India Company could sell or transport tea. Members of parliament passed this act because many of them had stakes in the company. At the time the British India Company was going bankrupt. This act threatened all colonial businesses by creating a monopoly. In Boston, the colonists devised a plan to resist this act. Several colonists dressed as Indians to deceive the British. These colonists seized the imported tea and dumped it into the harbor. The colonists dubbed this “the tea party.” The British responded to these actions by creating four acts jointly called the Coercive Acts. These acts closed the Boston ports to all trade, increased power of Massachusetts governor, granted trials of royal officials in Massachusetts be tried elsewhere, and allowed the new governor rights to quarter his troops anywhere. These Coercive Acts only angered the colonists more. They have strengthened their non-importation of British goods. They have also begun the forming of local militia companies.

Obviously, this didn’t work out, as members of the lower class society didn’t have much power to do anything. Today, feudalism has evolved to capitalism as private owners control their business for individual profit, individuals can hire their own employees and social hierarchy is still relevant to our generation. Nonetheless, our law system today learned from the mistakes of feudalism to enforce laws preventing unjust actions from surfacing. This is evident where the rules of law states, everyone is under the law even people with authority and a principal of law and justice declares, treat like cases alike and different cases differently. Additionally, employment laws are also established to restrain unfair/unsafe labour. To end, a variety of Canada’s laws reflect on feudalism and differentiates us from other countries who still live in a monarchical

The English government reacted to the "Tea Party" with outrage and passed the Coercive Acts, which closed the port of Boston and put the entire colony under what amounted to martial law.

The Intolerable Acts, otherwise known as the “Coercive” Acts, caused the most unrest among the colonies and led to the American Revolution during the 1700’s. In 1733, Parliament passed the Tea Act. This made it so that colonists could only buy tea from the British East Indies Company. Even though the Tea Act lowered the price of tea, the colonists thought of it as another restriction of their freedom. A group of opposers, dressed as American Indians, threw three-hundred forty chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British were enraged and passed the Intolerable Acts. This gave the British all control over Massachusetts and forced colonists to pay back the money for the tea they ruined. Although the Coercive Acts only applied to Massachusetts,

The movement of Quebec sovereignty, if it were to be implemented, would have substantial consequences, not only on Quebec but also on Canada as a whole. For this reason, the movement should be challenged. It is ironic how much of Quebec advocates for independence, yet the effects would be economically detrimental. If Quebec succeeded in being granted independence, it “would need to negotiate with the rest of Canada about assuming its share of federal debt” (Ragan, Christopher). This additional debt, which would equate approximately to 154 billion dollars, would be equal to 92 percent of the province’s gross domestic product (Ragan, Christopher). Undoubtedly, this would shake Quebec’s fiscal stability. There is also the possibility of Quebec

The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing four acts in the same year that were very harsh as punishment for the colonists. The four acts together were called to the Coercive Acts by the British, but the Patriots called them the Intolerable Acts and they consisted of the Boston Port Act, the Quartering Act, the administration of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Government Act. However, the act that had the largest impact was the Boston Port Act which was the first of the Intolerable acts, passed on March 25, 1774. The Boston Port Act's purpose was to punish and intimidate the colonists by having the British Navy closing off the ports of Boston and Charleston. They didn’t allow ships to bring anything into the port except for

This act became known as the Quebec Act and was implemented because of the Crowns fear that they would follow in the colonies footsteps. Great Britain wanted to be assured that Canada wouldn’t join the colonists war effort, so by establishing the Quebec Act, the Crown was able to make sure that Canada would stay loyal. Nevertheless, the Quebec Act defined new boundaries for Canada in the regions of present day Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Despite that, colonists viewed this ordinance as a threat to their potential expansion and liberties. Great Britain gave Canada land that had already been claimed by the colonies. In the future, this act would cause colonists to lose the support of the Canadians, during the Revolutionary

The Coercive Acts were the next challenge to the colonists sense of free will. These acts ignited conflicts across the colonies. These acts affected almost all aspects of life, from taxation to social and political factors. The Coercive Acts mainly consisted of five separate policies. The first act was the Boston Port Act, which effectively closed the port of Boston. This caused famine in Eastern Massachusetts, leading colonies to unite out of necessity, as the Boston population

The Quebec act was a British act of bribery for immense from the French. This started in 1774 when the 13 colonies started to wonder if they still needed the British. The British could tell that some of them felt they were un needed to be in charge so they decided to start the Quebec Act. This act had a good affect on the british while it lasted then the colonists got mad. The 13 Colonies were very angry with great britain because of all they did for them, and all that they didn’t do for the colonists. The British stole the Colonists men and forced them to work on the british navy, Gave the Ohio River Valley to The first nations and told farmers to go to Quebec if they want land, and the british gave the land promised to them back to the french under the Quebec Act. The British offered the French land that belonged to the American Colonists. They also offered the religious freedom and their rights were now recognized. Quebec was very

Firstly, the unskilled way the government ran Upper and Lower Canada upset the colonists. This included a lack of land for the colonists, even though they were promised land when they arrived in British North America. Settlers were unhappy about land distribution - particularly about the clergy and crown reserves and the land speculators that were part of the Family Compact. Also, absentee landlords overpriced and tied up prime land. The settlers were also unhappy that the building of roadways was hindered by the clergy and crown reserves. The colonists were unhappy with the government and the "colonists complained loudly about land and roads. Most knew that the Family Compact was to blame and they did not disguise their anger" (Pg. 66). This meant that the colonists were aware that the Family Compact was responsible for this problem because they completely ignored the colonist's complaints and they did not do anything to help them. They could veto any laws passed by the Assembly and they did; they shut down

Long before the October Crisis in the 1970’s, the Parti Quebecois has been trying to separate from Canada. The Parti Quebecois has implemented their own charter called Bill 60 in order amend the current Canada Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. If this proposed bill were to be passed, it will cause many problems amongst the citizens of Quebec in terms of diversity as it will be banning some of the most important guaranteed rights stated in the Constitution: Freedom of expression and freedom of religion. Although there are positives to a secular state, there are also a few negatives if you were to look closely. Citizens moved to places like Canada to practice their freedom, not to have them taken away. Taking away these rights could start separatist groups and maybe even start wars within the province of Quebec. The reason why this bill is being proposed it that they Parti Quebecois would like to see more equality between men and women (cbc.ca). There really is no reason for this bill to be passed as it shows how weak Quebec is mainly because they are afraid of losing their own culture.

The Quebec act was an act established in 1774. The act of Quebec was “passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763.” With this act the British had high hopes of restoring the French form of Civil law. The British hoped to win over the French Canadians by giving them more land and rights such as to use of their own laws and freedom to practice their own religion. The Quebec act can be described as an act used to make more effective provision for the Government of the province of Quebec in North America. Of the many things, the British hoped to achieve Expansion of territory to take over part of the Indian Reserve which was happening around 1763, states to include what is now southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota.

1960, August 10th Prime Minister John Diefenbaker made the first federal law in Canada to protect male and females freedom and rights. He made this law for the right of the people. So that they can legally speak up for themselves as a person, so they don't have to be unheard or not important, or disrespected. When they tried to get this law approved some of the judges disapproved this law. As this law has a lot of power. As this law made people be able to speak up, and have freedom (for their religion), to do things their way spiritual as long as they are respecting the law.

The separation movement of Quebec has been a constant headache to Canadian government for decades of years. As Quebec’s main resident population speaks French, there are inevitably many clashes between French and English cultures. Historically, Quebec was not first colonized by British immigrants but the French, and claimed as French territory in 1608. In 1663, under the reign of Louis XIV, it became French royal colony, and named as New France. In order to firmly seize this piece of land, French and British militaries fought with each other for quite a long time until 1763, ending up in the victory of Great Britain and France’s surrender. However, Britain’s military success failed to repel France’s

There was a change in the administration of justice act, which required that a person prosecuted on a crime could be relocated to another British camp or to Great Britain for trial. The final act was the Massachusetts Government act, that eradicated the commonly chosen council of the society and substituted them with personal appointments by the king. Most colonies however took to the streets in mass protests against these intolerable acts (Dull, 2015). The Quebec act was also levied on the American colonists, although originally it was not intended to punish the residents of Massachusetts, it still managed to extend the dominion of the Quebec into the Northern area of Ohio River. The act therefore wiped any claims by Virginia and other colonies on the Appalachian mountains and favoured the French-speaking residents of Quebec over colonialists. Britain had a goal to make an example of the Boston residents, through isolating them with the rest of the world, although they did their best to make certain that it did not