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French Canadian Goals
The ultimate goal of most French-Canadian people living in Quebec is to keep their French culture alive in Quebec. -
The Royal Proclomation
The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. The Royal Proclamation was initially issued by King George III in 1763 to officially claim British territory in North America after Britain won the Seven Years War. -
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During British Conquest
In 1763 there were 60 000 French-Canadians living in the Quebec region. This happened to be during the time of British Conquest. -
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Quebec today
Quebec has not entered into the constitution of Canada today. -
The Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was a period of intense socio-political and socio-cultural change in the Canadian Province of Québec, characterized by the effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state, and realignment of politics into federalist and sovereignist factions and the eventual election of a pro-sovereignty provincial government in the 1976 election. -
Parti Quebecois
The PQ is the result of the 1968 merger between former Quebec Liberal Party cabinet minister René Lévesque's Mouvement Souveraineté-Association and the Ralliement national.In the 1976 provincial election, the Parti Québécois was elected for the first time to form the government of Quebec. The party's leader, René Lévesque, became the Premier of Quebec. -
Accommodation of The French
The Constitutional Act, The Act of Union, The British North American Act were all attempts to accommodate the French people living in Canada. -
1995 Referendum in Quebec
The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim national sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada. -
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First Referendum held in Quebec
The 1980 Quebec referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty. The referendum was called by Quebec's Parti Québécois government, which advocated secession from Canada. -
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Trudeau repatriates the Constitution
In 1982 Canada "repatriated" its Constitution, transferring the country's highest law, the British North America Act, from the authority of the British Parliament a connection from the colonial past to Canada's federal and provincial legislatures. -
Meech Lake Accord
The Meech Lake Accord is the term for a series of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the 10 provincial premiers. -
Charlottetown Accord
The Charlottetown Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October 26 of that year, and was defeated.
