It was then abolished and re-established in 1777, following the Quebec Act.

The Quebec Act, passed in 1774, allowed the Québécois to have religious freedom.

While he was in London, the Parliament passed the Quebec Act of 1774, based upon his recommendations.

Instead, under the Quebec Act, this territory was set aside for the First Nations.

The Quebec Act of 1774 confirmed the previous agreement.

The Quebec Act was also very negatively received in the British colonies to the south.

The Quebec Act offended a variety of interest groups in the British colonies.

In 1783, he went to England to petition with other delegates against the Quebec Act.

He particularly insisted, as had many before him, on the Quebec Act of 1774 as the official recognition of his nation's rights.

The Quebec Act of 1774 retained French civil law and therefore the seigneurial system.