British military regime in New France

[1] Because the Seven Years' War was still raging in Europe, the fate of the colony of Canada and the rest of New France could not be determined yet.

As a result, the British authorities established a military regime whose mandate was to govern the colony while awaiting the end of the Seven Years' War.

To administer the territory, Great Britain set up temporary institutions and appointed James Murray to the post of military governor of the city of Quebec.

[2] The clauses of the Articles of Capitulation of Montreal negotiated between the governor general of New France Marquis de Vaudreuil and the British major general Jeffery Amherst allowed the inhabitants of New France to retain certain freedoms during the years of military rule.

This article was translated from its French-language counterpart Régime militaire britannique en Nouvelle-France, please see its history for full authorship attribution.