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French Canadians goal was to keep their culture alive in Quebec.
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At the time of British Conquest, there were 60 000 French Canadians living in the Quebec region.
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Was to assimilate the French Canadians.
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Constitutional act, The act union, and the BNA
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Nationalists of Quebec felt they needed a special status within Canadian Federation.
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In 1968 and the P.Q win the election and become the Quebec government in 1976
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This was held in Quebec. The Federalists win the vote promising Quebec to change the federal structure.
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Pierre Trudeau repatriates the constitution the nine provinces sign the new repatriated constitution but Quebec does not.
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He attempted to bring Quebec into the Canadian constitutional family at Meech lake in 1987 and at Charlottetown in 1992. Both attempts fail to bring Quebec into the constitution. Meech lake is not passed into the provincial legislatures of Manitoba and Newfoundland. Charlottetown accord die in a national Referendum.
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51% opposed to separation and 49% favored separation.
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To this day Quebec entered into the Constitution of Canada today.
