Toleration of Catholics in Quebec and British public finances, 1760 to 1775

Toleration of Catholics in Quebec and British public finances, 1760 to 1775

Vincent Geloso

2015

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Vincent Geloso

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This paper tackles the issue of the institutional decisions made by the British when they conquered the French colony of Quebec in 1760 by examining why toleration was the chosen policy course. Past experiences and the dire state of British public finances pushed the British government to adopt toleration of Catholics and of French legal institution in the colony as a policy designed to preserve the empire financially and strategically.

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Essays in Economic & Business History

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access ). All other rights remain in the hands of the author. Authors may use or reprint the work for any purpose without obtaining permission. If the work is republished, for example as a book chapter, please make note of its original publication in Essays in Economic & Business History . Authors are encouraged to make their work available on their institutional or personal servers, preferably via a link to the web version at the EBHS website. To preserve the bibliographical integrity of the publication, articles may not be withdrawn from EBHS on-line after publication.

Toleration of Catholics in Quebec and British public finances, 1760 to 1775

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