... Treaty of Paris at the end of the Seven Years' War. Quebec's inhabitants, almost all French-speaking Roman Catholics, were thought to be uninterested in the representative legislature. Furthermore, English law did not allow Catholics to hold public office. However, the Treaty of Paris preserved the religious rights of Catholics, the power of the Church, the French civil law ... lines of the Ottawa river. "The British reorganized this old colony of Quebec by splitting it into two separate colonies." In the lower province, along the banks of the St. Lawrence, where French Canadians were co...

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... in Massachusetts Bay until 1686. • The Pilgrims outlawed courtship of a daughter or a female servant unless consent was first obtained from parents or master. • Under English common law, and in all American colonies and states until the middle of the 19th century, married women had no legal standing. They could not own property, sign contracts, or legally control any wages they might ... has taken has always changed depending on the culture, religion, politics, and period of history. Ceremonial marriage, often called a "wedding," is quite distinct from legal marriage and is a relati...

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... came up with the definition of genocide we use today. In three parts he described it as: 1)the coordinated and planned annihilation of a National, Religious, or racial group 2)by a variety of actions such as attacks on: political and social institutions, culture, languages, national feelings, religion, and economic basis of life 3) aimed at undermining the foundations essential for survival of the group as a group. Looking ... having his men kill roughly three thousand Indians in the next few months. Around 1675, "Bacon's Rebellion" turned the settlers eye to themselves, and briefly awa...

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