The Quebec Act is a piece of…
June 1774 CE
The Quebec Act is a piece of legislation unrelated to the events in Boston, but the timing of its passage leads colonists to believe that it is part of the program to punish them.
The act enlarges the boundaries of the Province of Quebec and institutes reforms generally favorable to the French Catholic inhabitants of the region, although denying them an elected legislative assembly.
The Quebec Act offends a variety of interest groups in the British colonies.
Land speculators and settlers object to the transfer of western lands previously claimed by the colonies to a non-representative government.
Many fear the establishment of Catholicism in Quebec, and that the French Canadians are being courted to help oppress British Americans.