Timeline of Quebec history (1663–1759)
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1663 - New France becomes a royal province in 1663 under Louis XIV. The new government of New France is a Sovereign Council which operates directly under the absolute authority of the King.
1666 - A census was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666. It showed a population of 3,215 French persons residing in New France of which half lived in and around Quebec City. The population consisted of 2,034 men and 1,181 women. As a result, Jean Talon asked the King of France to dispatch more than 900 single women, aged between 15 and 30 (known as les filles du roi) to New France.
1666 - French troops, led by the aristocrat Alexandre de Prouville, the "Marquis de Tracy" and Viceroy of New France, invaded Iroquois territory to the south and burned their villages and destroyed their crops. The purpose was to allow French expansion of aboriginal territories and to discourage the Iroquois from settling near the borders of New France or along the St. Lawrence River. Following this, de Prouville launched an attack against the Mohawk tribe and decimated their territory. He seized all the Mohawk lands in the name of the king of France, and forced the Mohawk people to accept the Roman Catholic faith and to adopt the French language as taught by the Jesuit missionaries.
1701 - Signing of the Great Peace between 39 Indian tribes, the French and the English in Montreal.
1712 - Nouvelle France extends from Newfoundland to Lake Superior and from the Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. However, by 1713, French colonists in all of North America still only numbered about twelve thousand, while British colonists numbered almost one million. Another war in Europe saw France have its first permanent losses of territory in North America upon the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
1734 - Marie-Joseph Angélique, a black slave, is hanged for burning the house of her owner.
1754 - A census shows the population of New France to be 55,009.
1754 - Beginning of the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France for control of the North American colonies. It is part of the Seven Years' War
1755 - Beginning of the Acadian deportation. 12,000 Acadian civilians refuse to take an oath of loyalty to Britain and are deported, the bulk of which go to French-controlled Louisiana, where they would become known as Cajuns. This event is known as the "Acadian Expulsion."
1758 - Battle of Fort Carillon, General Montcalm's soldiers resist the attack of Abercromby. It is one of the French North American army's few early victories.
1759 - In one battle during the Seven Years' War on the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, the British troops led by general James Wolfe defeated the French troops led by Montcalm. This event is referred to as the "Conquest" by historians.
1759- On September 18, Quebec City capitulates. The government of New France moves to Montreal.
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