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 | | The Quebec Act of 1774 was an act by the British Parliament setting out procedures of governance in the area of Quebec. |
 | | The Quebec Act entrenched French language rights, the old French civil law and officially recognized the Roman Catholic Church, including its right to impose taxes; however, criminal law remained British and based on the common law. |
 | | As well, the act changed the boundaries of Quebec by including some of the colonies to the south, where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers met, and lands to the north, between the Great Lakes and Rupert's Land. |
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