The British pass the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Quebec Act">Quebec Act</a>, setting out rules of governance for the colony of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> in British North America.