<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Quebec Act of 1774 (French: Acte de Québec), (the Act) formally known as the British North America (Quebec) Act 1774, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo . III c. 83) setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec . The Act's principal components were: </P> <Ul> <Li> The province's territory was expanded to take over part of the Indian Reserve, including much of what is now southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota . </Li> <Li> Reference to the Protestant faith was removed from the oath of allegiance . </Li> <Li> It guaranteed free practice of the Catholic faith . </Li> <Li> It restored the use of the French civil law for matters of private law, except that in accordance with the English common law, it granted unlimited freedom of testation . It maintained English common law for matters of public law, including administrative appeals, court procedure, and criminal prosecution . </Li> <Li> It restored the Catholic Church's right to impose tithes . </Li> </Ul>

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