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FIRST PERIOD

1759-1763

1759-1763

FIRST PERIOD

After the capitulations of Quebec and Montreal, military rule prevailed, modified by the Articles of Capitulation (see Nos. I and II), which were confirmed at the conclusion of the war by the Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763 (see No. III). In the following October a Royal Proclamation was issued as a preliminary for the introduction of civil administration (see No. IV). The policy outlined is tentative and led to severe disputes during the Second Period.

According to the judgment of Lord Chief Justice Mansfield in Campbell v. Hall (see No. XXIII), this Proclamation was the Constitution of Canada until the Quebec Act of 1774, by which it was annulled.

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