--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Indeed, the British so angered the American "British" by > > abandoning > > > > English Common Law in Quebec after that victory in Quebec that > > this > > > > was one of the complaints registered to King George in the > > > > Declaration of Independence (see the "in a neighbouring > province" > > > > reference).> > > > > > > "" British Rule > > > The Seven Years' War began in 1756. The British and French had co- > > > existed in North America, but the threat of French expansion into > > the > > > Ohio Valley caused the British to attempt to eradicate New France > > > completely from the map. The French had constructed a wall around > > > Quebec City {which exists to this day) in order to keep the > British > > > out. In 1763, France formally ceded its claims to Canada, and > > Quebec > > > City's French-speaking, Catholic population was under the rule of > > > Protestant Britain. > > > > > > The British did not set out, however, to persecute Quebec's > native > > > French population. The Quebec Act, passed in 1774, allowed the > > > Quebecois to have religious freedom. The French-Canadians were > > > therefore not unhappy enough with British rule to choose to > > > participate in the American Revolution. Without Canadian > > cooperation > > > against the British, the thirteen colonies instead attempted to > > > invade Canada. The city was therefore once again under siege when > > the > > > Battle of Quebec (1775) occurred in 1775. The initial attack was > a > > > failure due to American inexperience with the extreme cold > > > temperatures of the city in December. Benedict Arnold refused to > > > accept the defeat in the Battle of Quebec and a siege against the > > > city continued until May 6, 1776, when the American army finally > > > retreated. > > > > > > The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Canada into an "Upper," > > > English-speaking colony, and a "Lower," French-speaking colony. > > > Québec City was made the capital of "Lower Canada" and enjoyed > more > > > self-rule following the passage of this act. The city's industry > > > began to grow, and by the early 1800s it was the third largest > port > > > city in North America."" > > > Wikipedia.org > > > > > > > > Thank you for the copied and pasted history lesson from wikipedia, > > OffKilter. > > > > But your thesis was that the Brits were great and enlightened > > compared to the Americans. However, relative to the day, giving > > French Canadians the "right" to their traditions and laws -- which > in > > the day was seen as repressive and anti-commoners -- was considered > > by the Americans as an abandonment of the rights of the common > man. > > That's why the inclusion of this "complaint" to King George in the > > Declaration of Independence. This was viewed as an encroachment of > > rights to the American colonists and they afraid that this > precedent > > would soon make its way to their doorstep in some form of tyranny > > against them.>> > > Lol, the common man did not get his rights from your founders. They > got it from the civil war, which was influenced greatly by Britain > > OffWorld
Nol, they got it from the Magna Carta, actually, and the near millenium of common law that followed. That is one of the great things we got from Britain and, indeed, American case law often cites British precedent.
