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1764
Events from the year 1764 in Canada.
Incumbents
Monarch: George IIIKings and Queens of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/royal-family/kings-queens.html#e2 aem 24 February 2021 11 August 2017
Governors
Governor of the Province of Quebec: Jeffery Amherst
Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Louis Billouart
Governor of Nova Scotia: Jonathan Belcher
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards
Events
1764
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1764–1765: The Sugar Act and Stamp Act, by which Britain aims to recover revenue from the American colonies, arouses local opposition.
James Murray becomes civil governor of Quebec, but his attempts to appease French Canadians are disliked by British merchants.
Canada is divided into two chief judicial districts (Quebec and Montreal). Martial law, in Canada, terminates.
Fort Erie is constructed. It is the first British fort to be constructed in the Canadian territories which were newly annexed from the French.http://www.niagaraparks.com/old-fort-erie/history.html Niagara Parks, Canada Old Fort Erie History dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100815020951/http://www.niagaraparks.com/old-fort-erie/history.html August 15, 2010
Births
births in 1764
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Deaths
deaths in 1764
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