Question

Religion and ancestry were the two main factors that defined the differences among Canadians by the end of the 18th century. True False

Answer 1

Answer:

True.

Explanation:

After Britain captured Canada from the French in 1763, there was a large number of population in Canada who had French ancestry. The Britishers had to resolve this identity problem in order to bring Canada under its authority.

The French Canadians practiced the Roman Catholicism and this became a point of conflict among the different groups of community in Canada. There were also numerous conflicts among groups of Irish and Scottish ancestry.

As a result, The Quebec Act of 1774 was signed to established the right to practice Roman Catholicism for the French Canadians .It aimed to bring peace among Canadians of different religion and ancestry.