The Quebec Act of 1774 granted many of the requests of the Canadians, who up until then, had been petitioning the British crown for the restoration of French civil laws and guarantees as to the usage of their language and faith.
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The French language established itself permanently on the North America continent with the foundation of Quebec City by Samuel de Champlain in 1608.
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Rapidly, the new ruling elite planned its future for the French-speaking colonists: they were to be absorbed into the English-speaking society of British North America, though they were to be allowed the right of Catholic worship under the terms of the treaty with France.
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