Making Canada British
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- the British tried to change the Canadiens and make them become British
- they wanted to Anglicize or assimilate them, which means they wanted to make Quebec into a colony like all the other British colonies - everything would have to be done the way the British wanted
- Assimilation happens when one culture is absorbed by another and the smaller culture takes on traits of the bigger one
- Britain wanted the French culture and language to disappear from Quebec
- they had hoped it would happen automatically however the English speaking colonists did not want to live in an area where they were outnumbered by French
Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Seven Year's war officially ended in 1763 when Britain and France signed a peace treaty when New France became their property, the British passed a Royal Proclamation. This Act:
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