clickable map of quebec canada Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/clickable-map-of-quebec-canada Sat, 07 May 2016 12:07:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Map of Quebec http://toursmaps.com/map-of-quebec.html http://toursmaps.com/map-of-quebec.html#respond Thu, 12 May 2016 00:48:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=203896 In 1763, the population of Quebec City was about 8,000. Under British rule, it remained the administrative center of the region, and its commerce was greatly increased through its exports of wheat and timber throughout the British Empire. In 1775, a colonial American force under Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold failed to take the city, which held out under Governor Guy Carleton until British reinforcements arrived. Britain passed the Constitutional Act in 1791, which divided the Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. Quebec City, with a population of close to 10,000, became the capital of Lower Canada. The

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