The proclamation, which established an appointed colonial government, was the de facto constitution of Quebec until 1774, when the British parliament passed the Quebec Act, which expanded the province's boundaries to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, which was one of the grievances listed in the United States Declaration of Independence.
The Quebec Act of 1774 granted many of the requests of the Canadians, who up until then, had been petitioning the British crown for the restoration of French civil laws and guarantees as to the usage of their language and faith.
On June 22, 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act; it annexed the region to the province of Quebec.
Quebec | Act of Parliament | Act | Quebec City | Statute Law Revision Act 1948 | Statute Law Revision Act 1888 | Act of Congress | Reform Act 1832 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Endangered Species Act | Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Clean Water Act | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | Quebec Liberal Party | Québec | National School Lunch Act | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 | Criminal Justice Act 1988 | Local Government Act 1972 | Concordia University (Quebec) | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | National Assembly of Quebec | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act | Communications Act 2003 | Quebec Nordiques | Statute Law Revision Act 1887 | Quebec general election, 2007 | Consumer Credit Act 1974 | ACT | Stamp Act |
According to Beverley McLachlin, freedom of religion in Canada may have originated as early as 1759, when French Canadian Roman Catholics were allowed rights of worship by their British conquerors; this was later reconfirmed in 1774 in the Quebec Act.