| A | B |
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| Act | a legislative decision; law |
| Assembly | an elected group that made laws. The assembly had little power as the governor or his council could veto its decision |
| Assimilate | th eprocess through which one culture is absorbed into another |
| Bicultural | having two cultures (French and British) existing side by side in the same country or province |
| Biculturalism | a policy that favours having two cultures. |
| Canadiens | French-speaking people born in New France (quebec); the names shows that they were distinct from the French in Europe |
| Civil Law | having to do with private rights of citizens, especially property disputes; as opposed to criminal law, which has to do with public wrongs |
| Concession | giving in |
| Confiscate | property taken away by someone in authority , usually a government |
| Deport | to remove, or move; to force people away from their homes and country by order of authority |
| English Freehold System | land held for life or with the right to pass it on to one's heirs |
| Ethnocentrism | believing one's own culture is better than everyone else's |
| Fatally | to death |
| Freehold | a piece of land held for life or with the right to pass it on to one's heir |
| Guerrilla Warfare | fighting in small bands, making sudden attacks and ambushes on the enemy |
| La Survivance | cultural survival, especially the French language and culture, and the Roman Catholic religion |
| Migratory | moving from place to place, usually according to the season |
| Militia | a part of an army made up of citizens who are not regular soldiers but who undergo training for emergency duty or national defense |
| Occupation | the control of an area by foreign military force |
| Paraphrase | to express the meaning of a book, a passage, or a set of words in different |
| Petition | a document contianing a request directed to the government contianing statements describing what the petitioners want changed and has space for the petitioners to sign their names |
| Quebec Act | passed by the British government in an attempt to keep the loyalty of the Canadiens |
| Proclamation of 1763 | set out by the British government outlining what was to be done to Quebec. aim: to make Quebec British (assimilation) |
