CHAPTER VI

THE QUEBEC ACT OF 1774

THE NOBLESSE OF THE DISTRICT OF MONTREAL

THE GRIEVANCES OF THE SEIGNEURS--MONTREAL THE

HEADQUARTERS--“EVERY INTRIGUE TO OUR DISADVANTAGE WILL BE

HATCHED THERE”--PETITIONS--CARLETON’S FEAR OF A FRENCH

INVASION--A SECRET MEETING--PROTESTS OF MAGISTRATES TODD AND

BRASHAY--PROTESTS OF CITIZENS--CARLETON’S CORRESPONDENCE FOR

AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION IN FAVOUR OF THE NOBLESSE--THE QUEBEC

ACT--ANGLICIZATION ABANDONED 51

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