of Rome of and in the said Province of Quebec may have, hold, and enjoy, the free Exercise of the Religion of the Church of Rome, subject to the King's Supremacy. (The Quebec Act, 1774, [Online]).
             This was a very strategic step for Britain to make, because although they had previously agreed to let French Canadians maintain their religion, by putting it in an official Act they offered security to the French culture, which the Americans could not do. George Washington and Ben Franklin, both English-speaking, Protestant leaders in the War of Independence, had already denounced Catholicism and the French way of life, while Britain was allowing it to continue under th
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