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Quebec Act fuels Patriot propaganda in revolutionary era
The Quebec Act of 1774 provoked fierce anti-British reaction in the colonies by preserving French civil law and Catholic worship, extending Quebec south to the Ohio, and creating an appointed government. In newspapers from Newport to Connecticut, propagandists used it to argue royal tyranny and crush colonial liberties, inflaming anti-Catholic sentiment and aiding the push for independence.
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Great Britain
Appalachians
Ohio River
Canada
Quebec
Mississippi
Newport Mercury
England
Connecticut Journal
Pennsylvania Packet
Sons of Liberty
New York
Liberties of
America
Union of the
Congress
Essex Gazette
Salem
Massachusetts
Britain
Pennsylvania Gazette
American Antiquarian Society