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The Province of Quebec (French: Province de Québec) was a colony in British North America which comprised the former French colony of Canada.It was established by the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763, following the conquest of New France by British forces during the Seven Years' War.
At the outset, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 defined the jurisdictional limits of the British territories of North America, limiting British colonial expansion on the continent. What remained of the Royal Province of New France east of the Great Lakes and the Ottawa River, and south of Rupert's Land, was reorganised under the name "Quebec."
Starting with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire.The Royal Proclamation of 1763 enlarged the colony of Canada under the name of the Province of Quebec, which with the Constitutional Act 1791 became known as the Canadas.
The British Royal Proclamation of 1763 united three Quebec districts into the Province of Quebec. It was the British who were the first to use the name "Quebec" to refer to a territory beyond Quebec City. [61] The British tolerated the Catholic Church, and protected the traditional social and economic structure of Quebec.
February 10, 1763. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. . Preferring to keep Guadeloupe, France gave up Canada and all of its claims to territory east of the Mississippi River to
1763: Hanging of Marie-Josephte Corriveau on April 18, for the murder of her second husband. 1763: In May, Indian Chief Pontiac leads a series of raids against British trade posts. 1763: With the October 7 Royal Proclamation by the British Parliament, the area then referred to by the natives as Canada is renamed the Province of Quebec.
British take over and successfully expand fur trade from Montreal (North West Company). Much money is invested in Montreal. 1763–64 – Pontiac's Rebellion threatens British control of the Great Lakes region before being suppressed. 1763–1766: Pontiac's Rebellion, an American Indian revolt, is suppressed by the English in Canada.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 organized on paper much of the new territorial gains in three colonies in North America—East Florida, West Florida, and Quebec. The rest of the expanded British territory was left to Native Americans.