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 | | However, by 1760, the year Québec fell to the British, its language, customs, and mores had evolved into a vibrant new culture as different from France as Boston was from England. |
 | | Following capitulation, Québec’s civic leaders offered the British an attractive deal: allow our religion, defend our property rights, and leave our language alone, and in return, we will follow all decrees and pay all taxes promptly and in full, without gripe or petition. |
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