Royal Proclamation

• The Government: The British government was replaced by a civil government consisting of an appointed governor (James Murray) and an appointed council that was sympathetic to the French Canadians
• Roman Catholics were not permitted to hold public office since the Test Act required office holders to take communion In the Church of England
• government structure during the royal proclamation: king appoints governor, governor appoints the executive council
• religion: collection of the tithe was forbidden and the clergy was left without any leadership, as the bishop had died and the appointment of a new one was banned
• Legal system: French civil code and English criminal code
• Land distribution system: existing seigniorial land was kept and new farm land would be organized and arranged under the township system
• Purpose of Royal proclamation: assimilate the French, replace military government with civil administration and pacify Pontiacs rebellion
• Reactions to the royal Proclamation: The English merchants in Quebec

  1. denied an elected legislative assembly
  2. restrictions on the fur trade in the Ohio Valley
  3. Murray recalled and replace by Carleton (continued Murray's policies)