=TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE= Footnotes have been placed at the end of their respective chapters. A HISTORY OF CANADA 1763-1812 BY SIR C. P. LUCAS, K.C.M.G., C.B. OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1909 HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK TORONTO AND MELBOURNE PREFACE My warm thanks are due to Mr. C. T. Atkinson, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, who most kindly read through the proofs of the chapter on the War of American Independence and made some valuable corrections; and also to Mr. C. Atchley, I.S.O., Librarian of the Colonial Office, who has given me constant help. Two recent and most valuable books have greatly facilitated the study of Canadian history since 1763, viz., _Documents relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-91_, selected and edited with notes by Messrs. Shortt and Doughty, and _Canadian Constitutional Development_, by Messrs. Egerton and Grant. I want to express my grateful acknowledgements of the help which these books have given to me. C. P. LUCAS. _December, 1908._ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763, AND PONTIAC’S WAR 1 CHAPTER II CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE QUEBEC ACT 30 CHAPTER III THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 90 CHAPTER IV THE TREATY OF 1783 AND THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS 208 CHAPTER V LORD DORCHESTER AND THE CANADA ACT OF 1791 236 CHAPTER VI SIR JAMES CRAIG 298 APPENDIX I TREATY OF PARIS, 1783 321 APPENDIX II THE BOUNDARY LINE OF CANADA 327 LIST OF MAPS 1. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 _To face_ p. 1 2. CANADA UNDER THE QUEBEC ACT ” 81 *3. PLAN OF THE CITY AND ENVIRONS OF QUEBEC ” 112 4. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE BORDER WARS ” 145 *5. A MAP OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE ARMY UNDER LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BURGOYNE ACTED IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777 ” 161 6. THE TWO CANADAS UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF 1791 ” 257 7. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE BOUNDARY OF CANADA ” 321 8. MAP OF EASTERN CANADA AND PART OF THE UNITED STATES _End of book._ *Reproductions of contemporary maps. [Illustration: _to face page 1_ =CANADA= by the Proclamation of =1763= From a map of 1776, in the Colonial Office Library