[Please print, fill out, and bring to class in lieu of (or in addition to) your reading journal.]

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Royal Proclamation

Who is the author of the Royal Proclamation? the audience?

What are the four or five main concerns of the Royal Proclamation?

What is the Proclamation's vision for the ceded colonies? How will they be governed? Who will settle there? What attention, if any, does it pay to the colonies' already existing populations? Is this a document that reflects the anglicizing (assimmilationist) or accommodating impulse for incorporating ceded colonies?

James Grant's Report

Who was James Grant and to whom is he writing this report?

What is Grant's vision for East Florida?

What are his ideas for making the colony productive?

How will slaves contribute to the colony's development?

What seems to be his policy toward the religious makeup of the colony?

Check out the history of New Smyrna Beach... [read Intro and check out some of the documents]

Quebec Act

How does the Quebec Act affect the Royal Proclamation (article IV)?

What policies toward religion does the Act lay out (articles V and VI)?

Does the new oath require Catholic officeholders to take communion in the Anglican Church (article VII)?

The Act establishes a dual legal system for Quebec. What is the nature of that system (articles VIII and XI)?

Does the Act establish an elected legislative assembly, an appointed council, or (as in the case of other British colonies like New York and Barbados) both (article XII)?

Conclusion

Empires expand in many ways, including, as we have seen this week, by conquering and absorbing the colonies of rival empires. What does the approach of the British after the Seven Years War tell us about this process of incorporation? What is the relationship between imperialism and toleration?