Quebec's Independence Movement

Quebec is in ______ Canada.

• western

• eastern

Many _______ & _________ factories are based in Quebec.

• mining & extraction

• electronics & computer

_______ is the official language of business and government in Quebec.

In 1608, French explorer, ________, established the 1st permanent French settlement in the New World and called it New France (now Quebec).

• Samuel de Champlain

• Oscar de la Hoya

• Francis Shane

_______ explorers begin settling around the new French colony.

_____ won the French & Indian War, and divided Canada into Upper Canada (British) and Lower Canada (French).

• French

• Great Britain

• Soviets

The ________ Act of 1774 stated that French Canadians could keep their French culture and did not have to submit to the English culture.

In 1867, the British North America Act created the _________ of Canada, meaning that Canada is an independent nation, but still a part of the British empire.

• Dominion

• Stamp Act

• Fur Trade

In 1967, the French president, ________ gave a controversial speech that promoted Quebec's independence.

_______ want Canada to "separate" from Canada's central government and become an independent nation.