5.5:  How Did Britain Establish Control?

elected assembly - representatives elected by voters.  In British colonies, the assembly could advise, but not direct the governors and councils appointed by Britain.

tithe - a payment to support a church, based on one-tenth of a person's income.

Indian - the word, no longer used, describe First Nations prior to, except to identify those people recognized by the Canada's Indian Act.

          A short time after Pontiac began to organize First Nations resistance to British rule, the Royal Proclamation was brought into law.  

          Using the comparison chart, complete the chart so that it organizes each policy outline in the Proclamation.  You will be completing ONLY  this section on the Royal Proclamation now. The section titled The Québec Act will be completed AFTER you have finished this section.  

The Chart can be found here in Workspace, along with a link to the text page 163. When you have finished, be sure to submit your work.

          By the year 1776, Britain was at war with the Thirteen Colonies.  The American war of independence or American Revolution was the war that ended the British stronghold on the colonies.  The people of what is now America wanted to be an independent country.

          Using the chart from the Royal Proclamation, complete the same process, but for the Québec Act.  Use your textbook page 166 and 167 for the notes.  

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