Events from the year 1764 in Canada.

Incumbents

Governors

* Governor of the Province of Quebec: Jeffery Amherst * Colonial Governor of Louisiana:

Louis Billouart Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlérec (1704–1770) was a career French naval officer with 25 years experience who was appointed as the governor of the French colony of Louisiana, serving from 1753 to 1763. The former governor, Pierre Françoi ...

Governor of Nova Scotia The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1867, the po ...

: Jonathan Belcher * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards

Events

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* 1764–1765: The

Sugar Act The Sugar Act 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764. The preamble to the act stated: "it is expedient that new provisi ...

and Stamp Act, by which Britain aims to recover revenue from the American colonies, arouses local opposition. * James Murray becomes civil governor of Quebec, but his attempts to appease

French Canadian French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...

s are disliked by British merchants. * Canada is divided into two chief judicial districts ( Quebec and Montreal). Martial law, in Canada, terminates. * Fort Erie is constructed. It is the first British fort to be constructed in the Canadian territories which were newly annexed from the French.

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James Murray promoted from military governor of Quebec City district to governor of province, but other military governors refuse to yield control "Licentious Fanaticks Trading here" - Murray praises brave and faithful Canadians and denounces British merchants who want them expelled System of judicial courts and

appeal In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and ...

s established in Quebec, plus office of

bailiff A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French ''baillis'', ''bail'' "custody") is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offi ...

with various duties (judicial and otherwise) Justices of the peace and

grand jury A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may subpoena physical evidence or a pe ...

members in Quebec City district disagree on roles, competence, and judicial system of "Infant Colony" Québécois petition for equality in legal system, including in customs, language, professions and religion, and against anglophone self-interest £200 reward (upon conviction) for identification of party who seriously wounded Montreal district justice of the peace Thomas Walker at his home Anyone providing liquor to Indigenous people will be fined £20 (except liquor retailers, who may sell 1/2 pint per person per day)

Circulating library A circulating library (also known as lending libraries and rental libraries) lent books to subscribers, and was first and foremost a business venture. The intention was to profit from lending books to the public for a fee. Overview Circulating li ...

in upper town Quebec City makes hundreds of volumes in English and French available to subscribers for 6p per week With his family arriving, Quebec City merchant

John McCord John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

looks to hire "sober honest middle aged married Couple" or "discreet Woman" as servant Map: Province of Quebec with adjacent Hudson's Bay Territories, Labrador, Nova Scotia, New England and New York At Detroit, "most of the French begin to dread that the next Blow from the Indians will be upon them," and so they consume or sell their cattle Letter from Niagara says troops and "a Party of General Johnson's Indians" are securing site of

peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to stop hostilities; a surr ...

talks with "all the Indian Nations" At Niagara about 2,000 people representing 22 nations settle peace at meeting ("greatest ever known"), with prisoners released and land ceded William Johnson tells nations war against English "most unjustifiable," but "his Majesty asa Just sense of your ignorance" and offers peace With kisses, tobacco and feasting, Alexander Henry's

adoptive family Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from ...

mollifies bear he shot (Note: "manes" is Latin word for souls of dead) Lt. Gov. Wilmot of Nova Scotia suggests sending to Caribbean colonies those Acadians who have petitioned French king "to be moved from hence" Record shows 1,762 Acadians in 405 families still in Nova Scotia (most in Halifax area), plus 300 on St. John's Island Gov. Wilmot ready to obey instructions to swear and settle Acadians, but finds some so resistant that they would pay their way even to Illinois Country Nova Scotia laws authorize borrowing sums to pay off bounties and other provincial debts, plus interest on debts in excess of those sums All previously enacted bounties (except one for building Halifax stone walls) are ended "As I have some Money to spare, I know not how better to dispose of it" - Benjamin Franklin considers land grants in Nova Scotia and Quebec "This Island is deem'd very valueable ic - Land speculator describes St. John's Island as "most pleasant fertile and best Cultivated in French America" Around fifth anniversary of Battle of Quebec, review of troops held near Quebec City, followed by "a very genteel Breakfast" and country dancing"Quebec, September 6"
The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 12 (September 6, 1764), 3rd pg. Accessed 13 April 2022

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