Why Did Many American Colonists Object to the Quebec Act

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why did many American colonists object to the Quebec Act?

• A) It made Roman Catholicism Quebec's official religion.
• B) It permitted criminal cases to be settled without the use of juries.
• C) It created a plan for a military occupation of the colonies.
• D) It transferred Quebec back to France, thereby placing a hostile power at the northern border of the American colonies.
• E) It moved the capital of the Dominion of New England to Montreal.

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