ebec, Province of=. Area 351,873 square miles. Formed the principal
part of Canada, as ceded to Britain in 1763. Under the Quebec Act, 1774,
its boundaries extended west to the Ohio and Mississippi. In 1791, the
province was divided into Upper and Lower Canada, with the Ottawa River
as the boundary; in 1841 the two provinces were again united; and in
1867, Quebec became a province of the Dominion. The period of military
rule extended from the conquest to 1764, when civil government was
established. In 1775 the first Legislative Council met at Quebec.
Constitutional government was established in 1791; and responsible
government in 1841. =Index=: =Dr= Government of, embraced Canada, 7. =S=
Divided, 1. =Md= Seigniorial Tenure in, 14; difficulties of
Confederation in, 101; supports Confederation, 115; "doubtful and
expectant" on entry into Dominion, 129; representation in Cabinet, 133;
result of election of 1867 in, 141; excitement in, over Riel question,
242-244; Cartier's influence in, 266. _See also_ Quebec Act;
Constitutional Act; Seigniorial Tenure; Ninety-Two Resolutions;
Responsible government; Rebellion of 1837; Lower Canada.

=Quebec Revenue Act.= =Sy= Provided fund for carrying on colonial
government, 83. =Bib.=: Houston, _Constitutional Documents of Canada_.

=Quebec Seminary.= Opened 1668, in a house belonging to the widow of
Guillaume Couillard, at the entrance to the governor's garden.
Corner-stone of the first separate building laid in 1678; enlarged,
1701; restored and enlarged after the fire of 1866. =Index=: =F=
Establishment of, 48. =L= Founded by Laval, 10, 47-50; empowered to
collect tithes, 50; Laval transfers his personal income to, 56;
affiliated with Foreign Missions of Paris, 57, 140; buildings erected
for, 58; total destruction of, by fire, 58, 240; Saint-Vallier's high
opinion of, 203; sends missionaries to Louisiana, 208; Saint-Vallier
makes important changes in, 236; destroyed a second time by fire, 241.
_See also_ Laval University. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Cradle of New France_.

=Quebec, Siege of, 1629.= The previous year, David Kirke had sailed up
the river, and sent a demand for the surrender of the fort, which
Champlain peremptorily refused. Kirke thereupon returned to the gulf to
meet the French fleet under De Roquemont, which he captured after a
battle which lasted fifteen hours, and carried his prizes and prisoners
back to England. The following year he returned, with a fleet of three
sails,