History of the United States I / Unit 5 USH1 0630 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Quebec Act
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The idea
Parliament passed the Quebec Act at the same time, expanding Quebec's western boundaries and extending religious tolerance to Roman Catholics.
In practice
New England Congregationalists objecting to forced tolerance of Catholicism.
Where people slip
The expanded boundaries also troubled colonists eyeing westward expansion. Patriots renamed all of these together the Intolerable Acts.
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