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This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the fall of Quebec as part of New France during the French and Indian Wars and as part of British North America, the establishment of the Quebec Act. == 1760s == * 1760: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Sainte-Foy on the Plains of Abraham on April 26. * 1760: French forces lay siege to Quebec City but fail to capture the city from British forces. * 1760: On May 9, British ships arrive at Quebec City, forcing the French army back to Montreal. * 1760: The Battle of Restigouche in what is now the Province of New Brunswick, is the last battle between France and Britain for possession of Canada during the Seven Years' War. * 1760: On September 8, Montreal capitulates. Governor Vaudreuil surrenders to the British army on the terms of a treaty of capitulation. See Articles of Capitulation of Montreal. * 1763: The Seven Years' War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 10. France gives the northerly portion of New France to the British in favour of keeping Guadaloupe. * 1763: Hanging of Marie-Josephte Corriveau on April 18, for the murder of her second husband. * 1763: In May, Indian Chief Pontiac leads a series of raids against British trade posts. * 1763: With the October 7 Royal Proclamation by the British Parliament, the area then referred to by the natives as Canada is renamed the Province of Quebec. * 1763: James Murray is made governor of the Province of Quebec on November 21. * 1764: William Brown and Thomas Gilmore publish the first edition of The Quebec Gazette / La Gazette de Québec on June 21. * 1764: On September 17, the civil courts are established, ending the military rule of the Province of Quebec which had been in place during the Seven Years' War. * 1764: The Government in Great Britain denies the request by British colonial merchants that the French civil code be replaced by British common law and that a House of Assembly be created for Anglophone Protestants alone. * 1764: On October 29, 94 "Canadien" merchants submit a first petition requesting that the orders of the King be available in the French language and that they be allowed to participate in the government. * 1764: Exiled Acadians are permitted to return to Nova Scotia. * 1765: The population of the Province of Quebec is 69,810. * 1768: On October 26, Guy Carleton, later baron of Dorchester, becomes governor of the province of Quebec. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of Quebec history (1760–90)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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