Teaching suggestions 1. The seigneurie was too far away from Quebec, the British center of decisions, to feel the change from Before initiating this activity, discuss with students how French control to British control. difficult it was, in those days, to communicate any information across the province. Obviously Quebec, being 2. The British established the new government in the seat of government and center of decisions, was the Quebec, therefore its inhabitants would experience first settlement to receive and implement new orders, immediately the demands and impositions of the while the country side was the last one. This disparity of new way of life. time in delivering orders and decisions made for considerable differences on the way the big settlements 3. Chemin du roi was a road prior to the and the seigneuries embraced and/or reacted to the new Conquest, to connect the French settlements along order of things. the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. One can still see it for it follows present-day Quebec route 138. Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 3.0 SECTION B2 BUT CHANGES BEGAN TO APPEAR – (Act of Quebec, 1774)
Teaching suggestions Before initiating this activity, discuss with students how difficult it was, in those days, to communicate any information across the province. Obviously Quebec, being the seat of government and center of decisions, was the first settlement to receive and implement new orders, while the country side was the last one. This disparity of time in delivering orders and decisions made for considerable differences on the way the big settlements and the seigneuries embraced and/or reacted to the new order of things. 1. The seigneurie was too far away from Quebec, the British center of decisions, to feel the change from French control to British control. 2. The British established the new government in Quebec, therefore its inhabitants would experience immediately the demands and impositions of the new way of life. 3. Chemin du roi was a road prior to the Conquest, to connect the French settlements along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. One can still see it for it follows present-day Quebec route 138. Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 3.0 SECTION B2 – BUT CHANGES BEGAN TO APPEAR (Act of Quebec, 1774)
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