New France after the Conquest (17601763)

British military rule

Military rule
The administration of a
country by military
authorities

 While the colony awaits the conclusion

of a peace treaty, French Canadians
lived under British military rule.
French Canadian militia captains who
were in charge during French rule
were reinstated
Militia captains helped maintain peace
in the parishes

 September 1760, the

capitulation of NF was signed
in Montreal by Pierre de
Rigaud de Vaudreuil ,
Governor of New France and
Jeffrey Amherst , Commander
of the British forces in NA .

Conditions of the capitulation treaty

French armies and militias had

to surrender their weapons
French Canadians (FC)
retained ownership of their
property, including slaves
FC could not be deported, as
the Acadian had been

 Free practice of the Catholic

Church (The survival of the Church
was uncertain)
Britain was Protestant ( Rejection
of the Popes authority)
FC had to take an oath of
allegiance to George III, the King
of Great Britain

Departure for France

The Conquest prompted some

FC to leave
French soldiers and officers
left
Other representative of the
government also left,
including some very wealthy
merchants

 The important Church leaders

also picked up and left
The average FC were left on
their own
About 4000 people left
Quebec

Living conditions after the Conquest

Food was imported from the Thirteen

Colonies as a means of combating
famine and to prevent revolt
Measures were taken to make farms
productive again
Reconstruction of buildings in QC
People continued with their daily
lives