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| | Quebec (Province), Quebec, Quebec |
 | | The extreme south of the province and the Gaspé Peninsula, are considered part of the Appalachians, which extend as far as Newfoundland, and rise to between 970 m (3184 ft) and 1270 m (4168 ft). |
 | | The third region, the St Lawrence Lowlands between the Laurentians and the foothills of the Appalachians, was the first part of the province to be settled, and is today where 90 per cent of the population live, on the rich land along both banks of the great river. |
 | | The province owed its stability to three factors: the absolutist government, the strong Catholic Church, and the seigneurial system, based on the French feudal system, whereby the landed gentry (seigneurs) rented out land to settlers (habitants) who paid their rents in kind. |
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