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

Events

Full date unknown

  • 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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