, architecture, literature, and music.

(_f_) It implanted the seeds of freedom of thought and fostered the
spirit of scientific research;

(_g_) It supplied higher ideals of life and conduct, a fact which became
responsible to a large extent for the great improvement made in the
condition of the people, and in the development of Europe since that
time.

NOTE: References to the discoveries made by Copernicus,
Columbus, and the Cabots should be made. Pupils should read or hear
short accounts of Erasmus, More, and Colet. A careful development
of the causes and meaning of the movement should aid the pupils to
anticipate its chief results.

It is assumed, of course, that the study of this topic will occupy
several lesson periods.

THE FIGHT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY IN CANADA, 1759-1867.

In the struggle for constitutional liberty in British Canada, there are
several distinct stages:

I. 1760 to 1763--Military Rule:

1. Amherst the nominal governor; Canada divided into three
districts

2. Little disturbance of French customs; the _habitants_ content

3. Influx of "old" subjects--their character. (See _Ontario Public
School History of Canada_, p. 109; _History of Canada_, Lucas and
Egerton, Part II, pp. 4 and 7.)

II. 1763 to 1774 (Quebec Act):

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.

2. Provisions of the Quebec Act:

(_a_) Change of boundaries (See text-book.)

(_b_) Governor and Legislative Council appointed; no
assembly called.

(_c_) French Civil Law; British Criminal Law

(_d_) No oath r