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The paramount goal of French Canada is to keep their French culture alive in Quebec
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in 1763, at the time of the British Conquest, there were 60,000 French Canadiens living in the Quebec region.
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The intent of the Royal Proclomation was to assimilate the French Canadiens
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The Constitutional Act, The Act of Union, The B.N.A. Act, with its Federal System, attempted to accommodate the French
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During the 1960's, a "Quiet Revolution" in Quebec with the feeling that Quebec needed special status within the Canadian Federation
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Establishment of the Parti Quebecois in 1968 and the P.Q. win the election and become the Quebec government in 1976
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First Referendum held in Quebec, the Federalists win the vote promising Quebec to change the federal structure
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Trudeau repatriates the Constitution, the nine provinces sign the new repatriated constitution but Quebec does not
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Meech Lake does not pass in Manitoba and Newfoundland
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Brian Mulroney attempts to bring Quebec into the Canadian Constitutional family at Meech Lake in 1987 and Charlottetown in 1992. Both attempts fail.
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The Charlottetown Accord dies in a National Referendum
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In the 1995 Referendum in Quebec, 51% opposed to seperation and 49% favored separation from Canada
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Today Quebec is still not part of Canada's Constitution