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Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution
Jean Lesage was the premier of Quebec and worked to create nationalism in Quebec. He also helped modernize Quebec's culture and strayed away from Catholic religion. The Quiet revolution helped improve economic standards for Quebecois, the revolution also gave French-speakers freedom and control of their futures. -
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Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
This group was a group of terrorists that were fighting for the independence of Quebec from Canada. Some of the violent acts that they conducted were bombings, kidnappings, robberies, etc. The people in this organization were trained by the palestine liberation organization. The first attack that the conducted was a bombing on march the seventh 1963. -
Lester Pearson and the Flag Debate
After the Confederation of Canada, Canada did not really have its own flag because we adopted the Union Jack flag from Britain. In 1964 Pearson realized that Canada needed their own national flag to strengthen national unity. This debate lasted six months, by October 1964 the committee had three designs and by december 1964 they decided on the Canadian flag that we have today. -
Rene Levesque/Parti Québécois and Sovereignty-Association
This association was a political movement that promoted the idea of an independent Quebec. Rene Levesque was the founder of the parti Quebecois, this party was a political party promoting independence for Quebec. The Party of Quebecois called the movement towards independence of Quebec as the Sovereignty Association and wanted people to vote for it. The Party of Quebecois later lost that vote. -
Official Languages Act
This was a canadian law that was passed on September, 9 1969 and gave french and Canadian citizens an equal status in Canada. Both French and Canadian people get equal rights and both languages are also equal. This law was key for Canada's official bilingualism. This law made French and English both the official language of Canada. -
Pierre Trudeau and the October Crisis
The October Crisis started with the kidnapping of James Cross who was a British trade commissioner, by the FLQ. This kidnapping was followed by the kidnapping of Pierre Laporte, who was the minister of immigration and labour, he was later killed by the FLQ. After these kidnappings Pierre Trudeau put guards around Parliament Hill to keep citizens safe. Trudeau also invoked the war measures act. -
1980 Quebec Referendum
A referendum is a general vote by everyone who is allowed to vote on a single political question. The Quebec Referendum was a vote put out for Quebec staying part of Canada or becoming its own country held by the Party of Quebec . The vote was in favour of staying with Canada. About 60% of people said no to Quebec becoming its own country but about 50% of French speaking canadians were in favour of Quebec becoming its own country. -
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New Canadian Constitution/Meech Lake Accord
In 1981 a Constitution that was made in Canada under P.M Trudeau, everybody signed the new Constitution except for Quebec. In 1987 a new Constitution was made by P.M Mulrooney to try to make Quebec happier. Quebec agrees to sign the Constitution but other provinces do not sign in time so the agreement did not work out. -
The Charlottetown Accord
In 1992 P.m Mulrooney created another amendment to get Qubec to sign the original constitution. This time all provinces and Quebec agreed to sign but P.M mulrooney decided that the public should vote in a referendum. The public said no to the amendment and it was defeated. -
Jean Chretien/1995 Referendum and the Clarity Act
In 1995 Quebec wanted to leave Canada because they felt that Canada did not want them to be apart of Canada, so Quebec held a referendum was held by the Quebec electret to either vote for Quebec to stay in Canada or for Quebec to leave Canada. After the vote Quebec lost and stayed apart of Canada by 1%. -
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Lucien Bouchard and the Bloc Quebecois
Lucien Bouchard was the Premier of Quebec from 1996 to 2001. During most of that time he was part of the Party of Qubecois. Bouchard promised to put Quebec’s immediate interests first in parliament. He later took control of the independance campaing which was the seperation of Quebec from Canada.
