The treatment of the French This essay looks at how the French people were treated throughout Canadian history.

The bitterest rivalry in world history can be easily seen as that of the English and French. This rivalry can date back into the earliest times and the two distinct nations easily adopted a nationalist attitude. The British and French had a deep and emotional sense of being a superior nation over the other. The two shared the same continent but they had a distinct language, religion and culture. These three distinct characteristics made the …

…was guided by benevolence than pragmatism or chance. The British felt extremely sympathetic to the French cause. This can be clearly seen in Governor James Murray, Governor Guy Carleton and the passing of the Quebec Act in 1774. Instead of attempting to assimilate the French Canadians or trying to integrate them into a British government system, the British were extremely sympathetic to the French Canadians and felt the need to preserve French religion, language and culture.