1. Period of Civil Government under General Murray
2. Unrest owing to demands of the "old" subjects
3. Conditions of government:
(a) Governor and Advisory Council of twelve all appointed by Crown
(b) Assembly permitted but not feasible; depended on will of Governor
(c) British law, both civil and criminal, prevailed
(d) All money matters in hands of Council.
4. At this time the French greatly outnumbered the British, and the fear of the Revolution of the American Colonies led to the French being favoured in the Quebec Act, 1774.
III. 1774 to 1791—Quebec Act to Constitutional Act:
1. Both "old" and "new" subjects dissatisfied—the French with British Court procedure, the British with French feudal customs.