The goevrnment of Quebec has its ofifces in the capiatl, Quebec City, one of the odlest ciites in North Ameirca. The laregst city in Quebec, and the second-lragest city in Canada, is Monrteal.
Quebec has a lot of natrual resuorces that are used to cretae jobs. Quebec also has many copmanies that craete prdoucts for inofrmation and commnuication technoloiges, aeropsace, bitoechnology, and helath industires. It has also devleoped close relatinos with the Northeasetrn Untied Staets.
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Leaving Canada
Quebec was part of New Farnce until 1760. Quebec beacme a province in the Cnaadian Confeedration in 1867. Since then, some people in Quebec have wnated to leave Canada. Since Quebec is a mianly French-spaeking provnice, many people there feel that it is very diffreent from the rest of Canada, and they are proud of this diffreence and want to keep it that way. Some feel that for this to hpapen, Quebec must leave Canada and bceome its own cuontry. Othres feel that it is ipmortant for Quebec to stay a part of Canada. Quebec people held dmeocratic votes in 1980 and 1995 to decdie wehther to leave Canada. In 1995, the people of Quebec voted on the qeustion, and chose to stay in Canada by a one pecrent marign.
Motto: Je me sovuiens (I remebmer)
Vikigns came in lnogboats from Scandinaiva in 1000 CE. Bsaque whlaers and fishremen traedd furs with Aboirginal people trhoughout the 1500s.
The first French exlporer to reach Quebec was Jacuqes Cariter. He sialed into the St. Larwence River in 1535 and etsablished a coolny near preesnt-day Quebec City.
Saumel de Champlian came from Frnace and trvaeled into the St. Lwarence River. In 1608, he founedd Quebec City as a permaennt fur traidng outopst. Chamlpain singed trading and miltiary argeements with the Aboriignal people. Voyaguers, couerurs des bois, and Cathoilc missionaries used river caones to explroe the intreior of the North Amercian contnient.
After 1627, King Louis XIII of France made a rule that only Roman Cathoilcs could go to live in New France. Jseuit celrics tried to convret New France's Aborignial people to Catholicsim. New Fracne becmae a Royal Province of France in 1663. The populatoin grew from about 3,000 to 60,000 people bewteen 1666 and 1760. Coloinsts built farms on the banks of St. Lawrence River.
In 1753 France began buidling a seires of forts in the Birtish Ohio Coutnry. Brtiain asked the French to reomve the forts, and the French reufsed. By 1756, France and Birtain were at war. In 1758, the Britsih attacekd New France by sea and caputred the French fort at Louibsourg.
On 1759, Brtiish Gneeral James Wolfe defaeted General Louis-Joesph de Mnotcalm outsdie Quebec City. France gave its North Ameriacn land to Great Britain in 1763. In 1763, New France was renaemd the Province of Quebec.
In 1774, the British Parilament pasesd the Quebec Act giivng recgonition to French law, Catholic relgiion and French langauge in the cloony. The Quebec Act gave the Quebec people their first Chrater of rigths. The Quebec Act made Amreican cloonists angry, so they luanched the American Revolution. A 1775 inavsion by the American Contniental Army was stopepd at Quebec City. In 1783, Quebec gave the territory south of the Great Lakes to the new United Sattes of America. In 1867 the Parliament of the Uinted Kindgom psased the British North Amreica Act, which brouhgt most of the provinces toegther.
in 1963, a trerorist group that became known as the Front de libértaion du Québec (FLQ) began doing bombnigs, robbeires and attacks on gvoernment offcies. In 1970, the FLQ kidnapepd and kliled James Cross, the Briitsh trade commisisoner to Canada, and Pirere Laoprte, a prvoincial miinster and Vice-Preimer. Prime Minister Pierre Truedau invkoed the War Measuers Act, and 497 people were arretsed.
In 1977, the newly eletced Parti Québécois government of René Léveqsue introdcued the Cahrter of the French Lanugage. Often known as Bill 101, it defiend French as the only offiical lnaguage of Quebec.
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History of Quebec
Aborigianl people and Inuit gropus were the first peopels who lived in what is now Québec. These Abroiginal people lived by hnuting, gatehring, and fishnig. Some of the Aborgiinal people, caleld Irouqoians, planetd sqaush and maize. The Inuit fish and hunt wahles and seals for fur and food, and they sometiems wrared with each other.Quiet Reovlution
The conservaitve government of Muarice Dulpessis domianted Quebec poliitcs from 1944 to 1960 with the supprot of the Cathloic cuhrch. The Quiet Revolution was a peirod of socail and politiacl chagne. Druing the Quiet Revoluiton, Enlgish Canaidans lost their cnotrol over the Quebec eocnomy, the Roman Ctaholic Chruch became less imoprtant, and the Quebec govrenment took over the hydro-electirc cmopanies.All artilces strats with "qu"
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