Events from the year 1764 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch: George III
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
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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.
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