The British government realized that if they lost the war with their American colonists, they could lose it all, and passed the Quebec Act of 1774, extending extraordinary rights to the newly conquered French Catholic colonists.

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The Quebec Act of 1774 was indeed passed by the British government, in part, to secure the loyalty of the French-speaking Catholic population in Quebec by granting them religious freedom and restoring French civil law, among other rights. This was a strategic move during a period of rising tensions with the American colonies, aiming to stabilize the northern frontier and maintain British control.

The British Government Realized That If They Lost the War