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René Lévesque described Canada as a "lunatic asylum in which we are ridiculous, powerless, diminished, and made into whiners for a century, and also we are tragically ridiculed by the old parties that take us for idiots by coining these dam slogans like Masters in our Own House, Things Have to Change, Quebec First, and now Quebec at Work and Quebec More than Ever."

The new referendum question was announced on September 20. "Do you agree that Québec should become sovereign after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new economic and political partnership within the scope of the bill respecting the future of Québec and of the agreement signed on June 12,1995?" Results: 50.6% percent had voted NO and 49.4% YES. A 54,288 vote difference...

Queen Victoria granted Royal Sanction to the British North America Act and it came into force on July 1, 1867. The four colonies, Lower Canada, Upper Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, united to form the new Dominion of Canada, a name approved by the Queen.

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1842: Toronto demanded that he speak English, La Fontaine retorted: "He has asked me to make my first speech in the Chamber in a tongue other than my mother tonguel! I refuse with all my energy to make the speech in English. I protest solemnly against the cruel injustice of the Act of Union that prohibits the mother tongue of half of the population of Canada. I owe it to my fellow countrymen and I owe it to myself."

The debts of the two colonies were also consolidated into a single debt, which represented another injustice since Upper Canada had incurred a debt of 1.2 million pounds (construction). Lower Canada owed only 95,000 pounds because of the quarrel over subsidies. Article 41 that made English the only official language of government, act known as "The 2nd conquest".

On lle d'Orleans, some women made impassioned speeches in support of the American revolutionaries and they were pejoratively nicknamed the "queens of Hungary.

1774 The Americans trying to convince Quebec to become the 14th state: 'You are small people compared to those who, with open arms, invite you into a fellowship. A moment's reflection should convince you which will be most for your interest and happiness to have all the rest of North America your unalterable friends or your inveterate enemies.'